Proverbs 5:23
They will die because they lack self-control, lost because of their great stupidity.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
In Context
22The wicked are trapped by their evil actions; the cords of their sins tie them up.
Cross References
Job 4:21They are like tent ropes that are pulled up, and they collapse in death. They die without wisdom.’”
Psalms 81:12So I sent them away to follow their stubborn thinking, living as they chose.
Proverbs 10:21Advice from good people helps feed many others, but stupid people die because they have no sense.
Proverbs 14:14Disloyal people are repaid for what they do, and good people are rewarded.
Proverbs 21:16Anyone who wanders away from the path of understanding ends up with the dead.
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 →