Proverbs 21:16

"The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead."

The man that wanders out of the way of understanding is the man who rejects his obligation to love and obey the Creator. The assembly of the dead is a reference, first of all, to that cessation of mortality to which all men are appointed; and, secondly, it is that ultimate assembly of that incorrigibly wicked company to which the King shall say, "Depart ... I never knew you." Another rendition: "The man who wanders from the path of wisdom will rest in the assembly of the Shades."[13] "Every word of the second line here is charged with irony. The rebel who insists upon roaming anywhere he will is only hastening to lose his mobility (shall rest), his independence (in the assembly) and his life (of the dead)."[14]