Proverbs 21:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

The man that wandereth, &c.— He who deviates from the way of religion, shall remain in the congregation of the Rephaim: His lot shall be among those wicked souls hereafter; i.e. in the depths of sheol [hell], or the lowermost or most wretched parts of it; where the lewd and dissolute go, as he hath told us, chap. Proverbs 9:18. See Peters on Job, p. 363.

Proverbs 21:16

16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.