God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 5:14
14I almost reached total ruin in the assembly and in the 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
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. I almost reached total ruin in the assembly and in the congregation.” 15Drink water out of your own cistern and running water from your own well. 16Why should water flow out of your spring? Why should your streams flow into the streets?
Read all of Proverbs 5Proverbs 5:14 word by word
כִּ֭מְעַט הָיִ֣יתִי בְכָל־רָ֑ע בְּת֖וֹךְ קָהָ֣ל וְעֵדָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 5:14
- Proverbs 13:20Whoever walks with wise people will be wise, but whoever associates with fools will suffer.
- Numbers 25:1While Israel was staying at Shittim, the men began to have sex with Moabite women
- Hosea 4:11Prostitutes, old wine, and new wine have robbed them of their senses.
- 1 Chronicles 10:6So Saul, his three sons, and his dynasty died together.
- 2 Peter 2:10This is especially true of those who follow their corrupt nature along the path of impure desires and who despise the Lord’s authority. These false teachers are bold and arrogant. They aren’t afraid to insult the ⌞Lord’s⌟ glory.
- Jude 1:7What happened to Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them is an example for us of the punishment of eternal fire. The people of these cities suffered the same fate that God’s people and the angels did, because they committed sexual sins and engaged in homosexual activities.
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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