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Proverbs 5:14

I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

In Context

13and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;

15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

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Cross References

Psalms 73:2But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped;

Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.

1 Corinthians 10:6But these things happened [as] types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, as they also lusted.

Jude 1:7as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them, committing greedily fornication, in like manner with them, and going after other flesh, lie there as an example, undergoing the judgment 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 →

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