Proverbs 1:32 (BSB)

For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

From Proverbs 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 1:32

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33: Solomon, having shown how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here shows how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God, which we shall for ever rue the neglect of. Observe, I. By whom God calls to us - by wisdom. It is wisdom that crieth without.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 1:32: For the turning away of the simple shall slay them,.... Or be the cause of their being slain; even their turning away from Christ, their aversion to him; their turning their backs on him, and a deaf ear to him; their turning away from his Gospel, and putting it from them, thereby judging themselves unworthy of everlasting life: in all which they showed themselves to...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 1:32: turning away--that is, from the call of Pro 1:23. simple--as in Pro 1:22. prosperity--quiet, implying indifference.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 1:32: For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. (a) That is, the prosperity and sensuality in which they delight.