Proverbs 5:14
I have almost been with all evil in the midst of the church and of the assembly.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
In Context
15Drink water from your own cistern and from the springs of your own well.
Cross References
Psalms 73:2Be mindful of your congregation, which you have possessed from the beginning. You redeemed the scepter of your inheritance, mount Zion, in which you have dwelt.
Proverbs 13:20Whoever keeps step with the wise shall be wise. A friend of the foolish will become like them.
1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things were done as an example for us, so that we might not desire evil things, just as they desired.
Jude 1:7And also Sodom and Gomorrah, and the adjoining cities, in similar ways, having given themselves over to fornication and to the pursuing of other flesh, were made an example, suffering 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 →