New American Standard Bible 1995
Proverbs 5:14
14I was almost in utter ruin In 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 you say, “How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof! 13I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors! I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation.” 15Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well. 16Should your springs be dispersed abroad, 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 13:20He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm.
- Numbers 25:1While Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab.
- Hosea 4:11Harlotry, wine and new wine take away the understanding.
- 1 Chronicles 10:6Thus Saul died with his three sons, and all those of his house died together.
- 2 Peter 2:10and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties,
- Jude 1:7just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing 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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