Proverbs 5:23
Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
In Context
22Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins.
Cross References
Job 4:21For he blows upon them, and they are withered: they have perished for lack of wisdom.
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous know sublime truths: but the foolish die in lack.
Proverbs 14:14A + 14:14 Lit. bold-hearted. stout-hearted man shall be filled with his own ways; and a good man with his own thoughts.
Proverbs 21:16A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of + 21:16 Heb. Rephaim. giants.
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 →