Proverbs 5:14
I was almost in all evil 1 In the midst of the congregation and assembly. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
In Context
13I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, 1 Neither did I apply mine ear. 1
15Drink waters out of thine own vessels, 1 And out of thine own springing wells. 1
Cross References
Psalms 73:2Remember thy congregation which thou hast purchased from the beginning; 1 Thou didst ransom the rod of thine inheritance; 1 This Mount Zion wherein thou hast dwelt. 1
Proverbs 13:20If thou walkest with wise men thou shalt be wise: 1 But he that walks with fools shall be known. 1
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 →