Proverbs 5:14
But little more was wanting, and I had been in all [kinds of] unhappiness in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
In Context
13While I hearkened not to the voice of my instructors, and to my teachers I inclined not my ear;
15Drink water out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well.
Cross References
Psalms 73:2But as for me, it lacked but little that my feet had been moved: almost nothing was needed that my steps had slipped.
Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise men will become wise; but he that associateth with fools will be destroyed.
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 →