Proverbs 5:14
Almost I was in all-evil, in the midst of the church, and of the synagogue. (I was almost uniformly despised, in the midst of the congregation, and among those in the assembly.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
In Context
13neither I heard the voice of men teaching me, and I bowed not down mine ear to masters?
Cross References
Psalms 73:2But my feet were moved almost; my steps were shed out almost. (But my feet almost stumbled; my steps almost slipped.)
Proverbs 13:20He that goeth with wise men, shall be wise, (or He who goeth with the wise, shall be wise); the friend of fools shall be made like them.
1 Corinthians 10:6But these things were done in figure of us (or But these things were done as an example for us), (so) that we be not coveters of evil things, as they coveted.
Jude 1:7As Sodom, and Gomorrha (or and Gomorrah), and the nigh coasted cities, that in like manner did fornication, and went away after other flesh, and be made ensample (s), suffering pain of everlasting fire (or suffering the pain 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 →