Proverbs 5:23
He shall die, for he has not held to discipline. And by the multitude of his foolishness, he shall be deceived.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
In Context
22His own iniquities take hold of the impious, and he is bound by the cords of his own sins.
Cross References
Job 4:21But those who are left behind will be taken away from them; they will die, and not in wisdom.
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the just instruct many. But those who are unlearned shall die in destitution of heart.
Proverbs 14:14The foolish will be filled up by his own ways. And the good man shall be above him.
Proverbs 21:16A man who wanders astray from the way of doctrine will linger in the company of the giants.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:16-23
Conjugal Fidelity Enjoined. 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange… Read the whole commentary →