Proverbs 5:14

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

12You will say, ‘I should have listened when people warned me that I was doing bad things. 13I did not listen to my teachers. I refused to obey them. Now I will be completely ashamed when I meet together with all the people.’ 15You should enjoy your own wife, as you enjoy clean water to drink. 16You would not pour your good water onto the streets. So do not waste your love on other women.

Proverbs 5:14 word by word

כִּ֭מְעַט הָיִ֣יתִי בְכָל־רָ֑ע בְּת֖וֹךְ קָהָ֣ל וְעֵדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I was almostמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• in all evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of the congregationקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• and assemblyעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712

Cross-references for Proverbs 5:14

• Proverbs 13:20If you have wise people as your friends, you will become wise yourself. But if you have foolish friends, you will hurt yourself.
• Numbers 25:1The Israelites were staying in Shittim. The men began to have sex with the women from Moab.
• Hosea 4:11Instead, they worship other gods. My people cannot think properly because they drink too much old wine and new wine.
• 1 Chronicles 10:6So Saul died there, with his three sons. His whole family died together.
• 2 Peter 2:10God will certainly punish those people who want bad things for themselves. They do the wrong things that their bodies want to do. They do not want to obey anyone's authority. These false teachers are not afraid of what other people think about them. They think that they themselves are very important. They are not afraid to say many bad things against the great angels in heaven.
• Jude 1:7Also, remember what happened to the cities called Sodom and Gomorrah, and the other cities that were near them. Like those bad angels, the people who lived in those places were also doing evil things. They were having sex with people who were not their husbands or their wives. They liked to have sex in other ways that are not right. God destroyed their cities. He has punished them with fire that never stops burning. That is an example of what will happen to wicked people like them.

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

Topics related to Proverbs 5:14

• Adultery
• Harlot (Prostitute)
• Temptation
• Women
• Young Men

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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