Proverbs 5:14
Soon was I in all evil, in the midst of convocation and assembly.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
In Context
13Neither hearkened I to the voice of my teachers, nor, to my instructors, inclined I mine ear:
15Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well.
Cross References
Psalms 73:2But, as for me,—My feet had, almost stumbled, My steps had, well-nigh slipped;
Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with the wise, becometh wise, but, the friend of dullards, becometh foolish.
1 Corinthians 10:6But, in these things, they became, ensamples for us, to the end we should not be covetous of evil things, even as, they, also coveted;
Jude 1:7As, Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having in like manner to these given themselves over to fornication, and gone away after other kind of flesh, lie exposed as an example, a penalty of age-abiding fire, undergoing.
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 →