Proverbs 5:23
He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.
In context
20 Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress? 21 For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths. 22 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin. 23 He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 5:23 in the KJV
He shall die without instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 5:23 in the NIV
For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.