Proverbs all have the quality of being implicitly prefaced with “There is a time when.” If wisdom is not exercised in determining that time, we have a “Proverb in the mouth of a fool” situation.
The grace of God overall is why the first sin brought death but not necessarily hell — a state of affairs that would depend upon acceptance or rejection of salvation.
One large problem in many Old Testament contexts is the rendering of Sheol as “hell.” Sheol is the realm of the souls of the dead, in Old Testament times embracing both those destined for salvation and those not. Accepting the use of the term Sheol as such puts a different point of view on the verses.
Yes it does a d that is why I love the NKJV and the NASB, they both do a great job of translating which way the word was meant to be understood.
Something the old KIng James and the old American Standard failed to do