Proverbs 5:23
He shall die for want of instruction; Yea, through the greatness of his folly he shall stagger.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
In Context
Cross References
Job 4:21The excellency that is in them is torn away; They die before they have become wise.”
Psalms 81:12So I gave them up to the obstinacy of their hearts, And they walked according to their own devices.
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many; But fools die through want of wisdom.
Proverbs 14:14The perverse in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And from himself shall the good man be satisfied.
Proverbs 21:16A man who wandereth from the way of discretion Shall rest in the assembly of 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 →