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Proverbs 5:23

Proverbs 5:23
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He shall die without instruction,.... Into the evil of sin, and the danger he is in, and so without repentance for it; for instruction is the means of repentance, and productive of it when blessed,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The end of the sensual life: to “die without instruction,” life ended, but the discipline of life fruitless; to “go astray,” as if drunk with the greatness of his folly (the same word is used as for…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Proverbs 5:15-23

Solomon, having shown the great evil that there is in adultery and fornication, and all such lewd and filthy courses, here prescribes remedies against them.

I. Enjoy with satisfaction the comforts of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

without Rather, for lack of, R.V.; quia non habuit disciplinam, Vulg.

Do you ask the cause of this dread catastrophe? The end, "he shall die," and the road which led to it, "he shall go astray," are…