Proverbs 5:23
Hee shall die for fault of instruction, and shall goe astray through his great follie.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 4:21Doeth not their dignitie goe away with them? do they not die, and that without wisdom?
Psalms 81:12So I gaue them vp vnto the hardnesse of their heart, and they haue walked in their owne cousels.
Proverbs 10:21The lippes of the righteous doe feede many: but fooles shall die for want of wisedome.
Proverbs 14:14The heart that declineth, shall be saciate with his owne wayes: but a good man shall depart from him.
Proverbs 21:16A man that wandreth out of the way of wisdome, shall remaine in the congregation 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 →