Proverbs 5:23
He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
In Context
22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Cross References
Job 4:21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? they die, and that without wisdom.
Psalms 81:12So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many: but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Proverbs 21:16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall rest 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 →