Proverbs 5:14
12 and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
15 Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
16 Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
- KJV
- I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
- WEB
- I have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.”
- ASV
- I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation.
- DARBY
- I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
- BLB
- Am I as a little from all evil, in the midst of the assembly and the gathering.”
- ÅB
- Nær var jeg kommet i den største ulykke midt i forsamlingen og menigheten.
- OTB
- Jeg var nesten i fullstendig ruin midt i forsamlingen og menigheten.”
- B1930
- Nær var jeg kommet i den største ulykke midt i forsamlingen og menigheten.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Read in context2 Peter 2:10–18
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:6–8
These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
Read in contextHosea 4:11–14
Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
Read in contextNumbers 25:1–6
While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
Read in contextJude 1:7–13
In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
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