He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.
But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?’
Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing, but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness. These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.
The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.
So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.
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