Proverbs 5:23
He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.
Cross References
Job 4:21And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom.
Psalms 81:12But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.
Proverbs 14:14A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be above him.
Proverbs 21:16A man that shall wander out of the way of doctrine, shall abide 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 →