But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. {perish: Heb. pass away}

Doth not their excellency {which is} in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam {the son} of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. {of wisdom: Heb. of heart}

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man {shall be satisfied} from himself.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: {and} they walked in their own counsels. {unto...: or, to the hardness of their hearts, or, imagination}

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. {of wisdom: Heb. of heart}

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. {of a...: Heb. perverse of heart}