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Proverbs 5:11
11In the end you will groan in anguish when disease consumes your body.
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
9If you do, you will lose your honor and will lose to merciless people all you have achieved. 10Strangers will consume your wealth, and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labor. In the end you will groan in anguish when disease consumes your body. 12You will say, “How I hated discipline! If only I had not ignored all the warnings! 13Oh, why didn’t I listen to my teachers? Why didn’t I pay attention to my instructors?
Read all of Proverbs 5Proverbs 5:11 word by word
וְנָהַמְתָּ֥ בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ בִּכְל֥וֹת בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 5:11
- Proverbs 7:23awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart. He was like a bird flying into a snare, little knowing it would cost him his life.
- Deuteronomy 32:29Oh, that they were wise and could understand this! Oh, that they might know their fate!
- Jeremiah 5:31the prophets give false prophecies, and the priests rule with an iron hand. Worse yet, my people like it that way! But what will you do when the end comes?
- Romans 6:21And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom.
- Hebrews 13:4Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.
- Revelation 21:8“But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
- Revelation 22:15Outside the city are the dogs—the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie.
- Numbers 5:27If she has defiled herself by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings on the curse will cause bitter suffering. Her abdomen will swell and her womb will shrink, and her name will become a curse among her people.
- 1 Corinthians 5:4in the name of the Lord Jesus. You must call a meeting of the church. I will be present with you in spirit, and so will the power of our Lord Jesus.
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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