Proverbs 5:14
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
King James Version
In Context
13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Cross References
Psalms 73:2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
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 Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance 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 →