King James Version
Proverbs 5:23 in the King James Version says “He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.”
Proverbs 5:23 · KJV
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. sins: Heb. sin
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
KJV Study — Public Domain
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“without instruction”
H4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
“he shall go astray”
H7686to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication
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