Proverbs 5:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. ”

Proverbs 5:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 fo...
Proverbs 5:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He shall (n) die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. (n) Because he will not give ear to God's word and be admonished.
Proverbs 5:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 5:1-9 ; Proverbs 5:10-19 ; Proverbs 5:20-23 . Three hortatory discourses exactly similar to those in Proverbs 5:2 and Proverbs 5:3 . The subject is the praise of Wisdom, and the desc...
Proverbs 5:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

die without instruction. Illustration: Saul ( 1 Chronicles 10:13 ; 1 Chronicles 10:14 ).
Proverbs 5:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. He shall die without instruction - This is most likely, and it is a general case; but even these may repent and...
Proverbs 5:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. He shall die without instruction - without the disciplinary instruction (so the Hebrew) which is the pr...
Proverbs 5:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Unholy Passion. Hallowed Love A dissuasive from immorality addressed exclusively to men. The two leading thoughts are (1) the disastrous consequences of adultery; loss of honour, property, life, o...
Proverbs 5:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

His own iniquities ... — The final scene in the life of the profligate is here described. He has sinned so long that he is “tied and bound,” hand and foot, with the “chain of his sins,” and cannot g...
Proverbs 5:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 6 THE WAYS AND ISSUES OF SIN "His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his...
Proverbs 5:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a parental exhortation against impurity. It is expressed in words of great delicacy and beauty, but it is none the less urgent and searching. It recognizes one of the most subtle and natural...
Proverbs 5:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. Let them be only thine own, and not strang...
Proverbs 5:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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,...
Proverbs 5:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. Ver. 23. He shall die without instruction. ] To spend the span of this transitory life after the ways of one...
Proverbs 5:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

His own iniquities shall take the wicked “Let him not think to escape, because he is so cunning that nobody observes him, or so powerful that no one can call him to an account; for his own manifold...
Proverbs 5:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Conjugal Fidelity Enjoined. 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Le...
Proverbs 5:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Without instruction; because he neglected instruction. Or, without correction or amendment . He shall die in his sins, and not repent of them, as he designed and hoped to do before his death. In...
Proverbs 5:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Epilogue. He Must Recognise That A Man's Ways Are Open To YHWH's Eyes, And Must Not Forfeit The Level Paths Through Folly ( Proverbs 5:21-23 ). The passage, like all previous passages, ends with a...
Proverbs 5:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES. — Proverbs 5:21 . Pondereth, or “marketh out.” Proverbs 5:22 . Shall be holden , rather “is holden.” Proverbs 5:23 . Without , “for lack of.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAG...
Proverbs 5:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 5:3 . The lips of a strange woman drop as a honey-comb. She employs all her arts for bread, for drunkenness, for crime. How wretched, how bitter is the life of a ruined and abandoned woma...
Proverbs 5:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

He shall die without instruction. The great charity of early instruction All persons are born in a state of ignorance and darkness as to spiritual things; therefore all young persons need instr...
Proverbs 5:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 5:1-20 8. Eighth admonitory discourse. Warning against adultery, and commendation of marriage. The teacher, in this discourse, recurs to a subject which he has glanced...
Proverbs 5:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Chastity Contrasted with Unchastity
Proverbs 5:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:15-22 ; Job 36:12 ; Job 4:21 ; Proverbs 10:21 ; Proverbs 14:14 ; Proverbs 14:32 ; Psalms 81:12
Proverbs 5:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Die — He shall die in his sins. Astray — From the way of life, and from eternal salvation.

Proverbs 5:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 5:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 5:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 5:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 5:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 5:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 5:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 5:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 5:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 5:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 5:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 5:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 5:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 5:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 5:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 5:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 5:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 5:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 5:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 5:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 5:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 5:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 5:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 5:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes