Proverbs 5:14
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the assembly and congregation.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
In Context
13Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Cross References
Psalms 73:2But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had well nigh slipped.
Proverbs 13:20Walk with wise men, and thou shall be wise. But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
1 Corinthians 10:6But these things became our examples, for us not to be men who lust for evil things as those also lusted.
Jude 1:7As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, the same kind of way with these who indulged in fornication, and who went rear of queer flesh, are set forth an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:2-15
Parental Instructions; Cautions against Sensuality. 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7… Read the whole commentary →