Turning - Wisdom had called the simple to “turn,” and they had turned, but it was “away” from her. For “prosperity” read carelessness. Not o…

The turning away of the simple ...—that is, from God .

Prosperity of fools—that is, the security, apathy of…

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them
Or be the cause of their being slain; even their turning away fro…

Solomon, having shown how dangerous it is to listen to the temptations of Satan, here declares how dangerous it is not to listen to the calls of Go…