When God will punish, he will first take away the understanding. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Boys will be boys.
- Forbidden fruit is sweet.
- Am I my brother's keeper?
- Honour to whom honour is due.
- An open door may tempt a saint.
- He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it.
- He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf.
- He that makes himself an ass, must not take it ill, if men ride him.
- Rub a galled horse on the back and he will wince.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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Whom God would ruin, he first deprives of reason.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Quos Deus perdere vult, dementat prius.
Those whom God wants to destroy, he first makes mad.
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Stultum facit Fortuna, quem vult perdere.
Fortune makes a fool whom she wishes to destroy.
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Quem Deus perdere vult, dementat prius.
Whom God wills to destroy, he first makes mad.
French
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Quand Dieu quelqu'un veut châtier, de bon sens le fait varier.
When God wants someone to chastise, common sense makes him vary.