Proverbs 5:14
Now I'm on the verge of being completely disgraced before everyone in the community.”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
In Context
13I didn't listen to what my teacher said. I didn't pay attention to my instructors.
15Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.
Cross References
Psalms 73:2But I was stumbling, my feet were starting to slide,
Proverbs 13:20Being friends with wise people will make you wise, but being friends with stupid people will only cause you problems.
1 Corinthians 10:6Now these experiences are examples to us to show us we should not desire what is evil, as they did.
Jude 1:7In just the same way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns nearby that pursued immorality and perverted sex are provided as an example of those that experience 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 →