Proverbs 5:14
I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
In Context
13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
15Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
Cross References
Psalms 73:2But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.
Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
1 Corinthians 10:6These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
Jude 1:7In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain 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 →