Proverbs 5:14
I have come to the brink of utter ruin, amongst the gathered assembly.”
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
In Context
13I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
15Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.
Cross References
Psalms 73:2But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
Proverbs 13:20One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.
Jude 1:7Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having in the same way as these given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of 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 →