King James Version
Proverbs 5:14 in the King James Version says “I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.”
Proverbs 5:14 · KJV
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
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.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and assembly”
H5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
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