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Proverbs 5:14
14I have come to the brink of utter ruin, and now I must face public disgrace.”
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
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? I have come to the brink of utter ruin, and now I must face public disgrace.” 15Drink water from your own well— share your love only with your wife. 16Why spill the water of your springs in the streets, having sex with just anyone?
Read all of Proverbs 5Proverbs 5:14 word by word
כִּ֭מְעַט הָיִ֣יתִי בְכָל־רָ֑ע בְּת֖וֹךְ קָהָ֣ל וְעֵדָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 5:14
- Proverbs 13:20Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.
- Numbers 25:1While the Israelites were camped at Acacia Grove, some of the men defiled themselves by having sexual relations with local Moabite women.
- Hosea 4:11to worship other gods. “Wine has robbed my people of their understanding.
- 1 Chronicles 10:6So Saul and his three sons died there together, bringing his dynasty to an end.
- 2 Peter 2:10He is especially hard on those who follow their own twisted sexual desire, and who despise authority. These people are proud and arrogant, daring even to scoff at supernatural beings without so much as trembling.
- Jude 1:7And don’t forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God’s judgment.
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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