Proverbs 5:23
He will die because he lacks instruction; 1 he is led astray by his great foolishness.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
In Context
22A wicked person will be seized by his own iniquities; 1 the cords of his sin will hold him tight. 1
Cross References
Job 4:21Are not their tent cords plucked up among them? 1 They die; they die without wisdom.
Psalms 81:12So I gave them over to their own stubborn way 1 so that they might do what seemed right to them. 1
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous person nourish many, 1 but fools die because of their lack of sense. 1
Proverbs 14:14The one who is not faithful will get what his ways deserve, 1 but a good person will get what is his. 1
Proverbs 21:16The one who wanders from the way of understanding, 1 he will rest in the assembly of the dead. 1
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 →