American Standard Version
Proverbs 5:14
14I was well-nigh in all evilIn the midst of the assembly and congregation.
Proverbs 5:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
- New International Version (NIV)And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God’s people.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)I am at the brink of utter ruin in the assembled congregation."
- New King James Version (NKJV)I was on the verge of total ruin, In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
Context of Proverbs 5:14
12And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; 13Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation. 15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. 16Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?
Read all of Proverbs 5Proverbs 5:14 word by word
כִּ֭מְעַט הָיִ֣יתִי בְכָל־רָ֑ע בְּת֖וֹךְ קָהָ֣ל וְעֵדָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 5:14
- Proverbs 13:20Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
- Numbers 25:1And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:
- Hosea 4:11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
- 1 Chronicles 10:6So Saul died, and his three sons; and all his house died together.
- 2 Peter 2:10but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities:
- 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.
Commentaries on Proverbs 5:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I was almost in all evil - This vice, like a whirlpool, sweeps all others into its vortex. In the midst of the congregation and assembly - In the mydel of the Curche and of the Synagoge - Old MS. Bible. Such persons, however sacred the place, carry about with them eyes full of adultery, which cannot cease from sin.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The conscience-stricken sinner had been “almost” given up to every form of evil in the sight of the whole assembly of fellow-townsmen; “almost,” therefore, condemned to the death which that assembly might inflict Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22. The public scandal of the sin is brought in as its last aggravating feature.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-23These instructions on loving one's wife and avoiding immoral women were originally for young men starting their careers (see also Proverbs 2:16–22; 7:1–27). This topic is also common in ancient Egyptian wisdom writings.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1412-14. The ruined sinner vainly laments his neglect of warning and his sad fate in being brought to public disgrace.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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