Proverbs 5:23
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Webster Bible
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 himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
Cross References
Job 4:21Doth not their excellence which is in them depart? they die, even without wisdom.
Psalms 81:12So I gave them up to their own hearts lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
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 remain 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 →