Proverbs 21:16 (BSB)

The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

From Proverbs 21. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 21:16

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 21:16: Here is, 1. The sinner upon his ramble: He wanders out of the way of understanding, and when once he has left that good way he wanders endlessly. The way of religion is the way of understanding; those that are not truly pious are not truly intelligent; those that wander out of this way break the hedge which God has set, and follow the conduct...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 21:16: The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding,.... The way of getting understanding, the good ways and word of God; that wanders from the house of God, the assembly of the saints, where the Gospel is preached, and the ordinances are administered; that, instead of attending on them, where he might gain the understanding of divine and spiritual things, wanders about in the...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 21:16: the way of understanding--(Compare Pro 12:26; Pro 14:22). remain--that is, rest as at a journey's end; death will be his unchanging home.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 21:16: Pro 21:16 16 A man who wanders from the way of understanding, Shall dwell in the assembly of the dead. Regarding השׂכּל, vid., Pro 1:3; and regarding רפאים, Pro 2:18. The verb נוּח means to repose, to take rest, Job 3:13, and to dwell anywhere, Pro 14:33; but originally like (Arab.) nâkh and hadd, to lay oneself down anywhere, and there to come to rest...