Proverbs 5:14
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
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 that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Read in context2 Peter 2:10–18
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:6–8
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
Read in contextHosea 4:11–14
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
Read in contextNumbers 25:1–6
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
Read in contextJude 1:7–13
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Read in context