Proverbs 5:14
I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the congregation.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
In Context
13And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not in- dined my ear to masters?
15Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well:
Cross References
Psalms 73:2But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well nigh slipped.
Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.
1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things were done in a figure of us, that we should not covet evil things as they also coveted.
Jude 1:7As Sodom and Gomorrha, and the neighbouring cities, in like manner, having given themselves to fornication, and going after 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 →