2009-07-21T20:07:43-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/my+people+perish/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Prov.29.18&version=NIV 2009-07-21T20:07:43-05:00 The NIV renders the phrase "my people perish" as "my people cast off restraint". In this verse in proverbs, it is said that those who keep the law are blessed despite the fact that there's no revelation.