New English Translation
Proverbs 5:23
23He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.
Proverbs 5:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
- New International Version (NIV)For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He shall die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Context of Proverbs 5:23
21For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord’s eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person’s paths. 22The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin. He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.
Read all of Proverbs 5Proverbs 5:23 word by word
ה֗וּא יָ֭מוּת בְּאֵ֣ין מוּסָ֑ר וּבְרֹ֖ב אִוַּלְתּ֣וֹ יִשְׁגֶּֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 5:23
- Proverbs 10:21The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.
- Job 4:21Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.
- Job 36:12But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.
- Proverbs 14:14The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.
- Psalms 81:12I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.
- 2 Peter 2:15By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
Commentaries on Proverbs 5:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23He shall die without instruction - This is most likely, and it is a general case; but even these may repent and live.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23The end of the sensual life: to “die without instruction,” life ended, but the discipline of life fruitless; to “go astray,” as if drunk with the greatness of his folly (the same word is used as for “ravished” in Proverbs 5:19, see marg.), even to the end. This is the close of what might have gone on brightening to the perfect day Proverbs 4:18.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-23Verses 15-23 Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these destructive vices. But we are not properly united, except as we attend to God's word, seeking his direction and blessing, and acting with affection. Ever remember, that though secret sins may escape the eyes of our fellow-creatures, yet a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, who not only sees, but ponders all his goings. Those who are so foolish as to choose the way of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23He dies: Young men must practice self-control, as acting on forbidden sexual desires can lead to death.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2322-23. and He will cause sin to bring its punishment.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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