Proverbs 5:14
I was almost completely ruined 1 in the midst of the assembly, among the gathering of the people.” 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
In Context
13I would not obey my teachers 1 or incline my ear to my instructors. 1
15Drink water from your own cistern 1 and drink running water from your own well. 1
Cross References
Psalms 73:2But as for me, my feet almost slipped; 1 my feet almost slipped out from under me 1
Proverbs 13:20Walk with wise people and you will be wise, 1 but the companion of fools will suffer harm. 1
1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things were examples for us, so we would not long for evil things as they did.
Jude 1:7It is just like Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, which also indulged themselves in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desires. They were displayed as examples of those who suffer the punishment in eternal 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 →