Proverbs 5:14 Parallel Translations
NASB: "I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation." (NASB ©1995)
GWT: I almost reached total ruin in the assembly and in the congregation."(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
ASV: I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation.
BBE: I was in almost all evil in the company of the people.
DBY: I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
ERV: I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
JPS: I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.'
WBS: I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
WEB: I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly."
YLT: As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.
Proverbs 5:14 Cross References
XREF:Proverbs 5:13 "I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!

Proverbs 5:15 Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and {g} assembly.
(g) Although I was faithfully instructed in the truth, yet I almost fell to utter shame and destruction nonetheless, by good bringing up in the assembly of the godly.
WES: 5:14 A moment - In how little a time am I now come into remediless misery! Assembly - And that in the congregation of Israel, where I was taught better things.
MHC: 5:1-14 Solomon cautions all young men, as his children, to abstain from fleshly lusts. Some, by the adulterous woman, here understand idolatry, false doctrine, which tends to lead astray men's minds and manners; but the direct view is to warn against seventh-commandment sins. Often these have been, and still are, Satan's method of drawing men from the worship of God into false religion. Consider how fatal the consequences; how bitter the fruit! Take it any way, it wounds. It leads to the torments of hell. The direct tendency of this sin is to the destruction of body and soul. We must carefully avoid every thing which may be a step towards it. Those who would be kept from harm, must keep out of harm's way. If we thrust ourselves into temptation we mock God when we pray, Lead us not into temptation. How many mischiefs attend this sin! It blasts the reputation; it wastes time; it ruins the estate; it is destructive to health; it will fill the mind with horror. Though thou art merry now, yet sooner or later it will bring sorrow. The convinced sinner reproaches himself, and makes no excuse for his folly. By the frequent acts of sin, the habits of it become rooted and confirmed. By a miracle of mercy true repentance may prevent the dreadful consequences of such sins; but this is not often; far more die as they have lived. What can express the case of the self-ruined sinner in the eternal world, enduring the remorse of his conscience!
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