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Proverbs 5:11
11Then you will groan when your end comes, when your body and flesh are consumed. You will say,
Proverbs 5:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
- New International Version (NIV)At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you mourn at last, When your flesh and your body are consumed,
Context of Proverbs 5:11
9Either you will surrender your reputation to others and ⌞the rest of⌟ your years to some cruel person, 10or strangers will benefit from your strength and you will have to work hard in a pagan’s house. Then you will groan when your end comes, when your body and flesh are consumed. You will say, 12“Oh, how I hated discipline! How my heart despised correction! 13I didn’t listen to what my teachers said to me, nor did I keep my ear open to my instructors.
Read all of Proverbs 5Proverbs 5:11 word by word
וְנָהַמְתָּ֥ בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ בִּכְל֥וֹת בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 5:11
- Proverbs 7:23until an arrow pierces his heart, like a bird darting into a trap. He does not realize that it will cost him his life.
- Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise enough to understand this and realize what will happen to them!
- Jeremiah 5:31Prophets prophesy lies. Priests rule under the prophets’ directions, and my people love this. But what will you do in the end?”
- Romans 6:21What did you gain by doing those things? You’re ashamed of what you used to do because it ended in death.
- Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honorable in every way, so husbands and wives should be faithful to each other. God will judge those who commit sexual sins, especially those who commit adultery.
- Revelation 21:8But cowardly, unfaithful, and detestable people, murderers, sexual sinners, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
- Revelation 22:15Outside are dogs, sorcerers, sexual sinners, murderers, idolaters, and all who lie in what they say and what they do.
- Numbers 5:27If she has become unclean by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that can bring the curse will go into her and become bitter. Her stomach will swell, her uterus will drop, and she will become cursed among her people.
- 1 Corinthians 5:4When you have gathered together, I am with you in spirit. Then, in the name of our Lord Jesus, and with his power,
Commentaries on Proverbs 5:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11When thy flesh and thy body are consumed - The word שאר shear, which we render body, signifies properly the remains, residue, or remnant of a thing: and is applied here to denote the breathing carcass, putrid with the concomitant disease of debauchery: a public reproach which the justice of God entails on this species of iniquity. The mourning here spoken of is of the most excessive kind: the word נהם naham is often applied to the growling of a lion, and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Yet one more curse is attendant on impurity. Then, as now, disease was the penalty of this sin.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11People in the ancient Near East were familiar with some sexually transmitted diseases. Leviticus 15:1–15 likely describes gonorrhea. Other Mesopotamian texts mention “the disease of intercourse” and the “disease of Ishtar” (goddess of love), which show symptoms of venereal diseases.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. at the last--the end, or reward (compare Pr 5:4). mourn--roar in pain. flesh and ... body--the whole person under incurable disease.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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