Proverbs 5:14
I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
In Context
13Neither have I 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 13:20Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise: but the companion of fools shall smart for it.
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 about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication, and gone after strange flesh, are set forth 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 →