Proverbs 5:14
I have well-nigh fallen into utter misery; In the midst of the congregation and the assembly.”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
In Context
13I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to my instructors;
15Drink water out of thine own cistern. And running water out of thine own well:
Cross References
Psalms 73:2Yet my feet almost gave way; My steps had well nigh slipped:
Proverbs 13:20He who walketh with wise men shall be wise; But the companion of fools shall be destroyed.
1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things were warnings for us, in order that we should not lust after evil things, as they lusted.
Jude 1:7even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, in like manner with them giving themselves over to fornication, and going away after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of everlasting 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 →