Bible verse

Proverbs 5:23

He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

Proverbs 5:23 · BSB

Proverbs 5:23 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 5.

19 A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

21 For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.

22 The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

23 He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

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Proverbs 5:23 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

ERV

He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

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