Proverbs 5:23
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He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
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The scope of this chapter is much the same with that of ch. 2. To write the same things, in other words, ought not to be grievous, for it is safe, Phi 3:1. Here is, I. An exhortation to get acquaintance with and submit to the laws of wisdom in general (Pro 5:2). II. A particular caution against the sin of whoredom (Pro 5:3-14). III. Remedies prescribed against that sin. 1. Conjugal love (Pro 5:15-20). 2. A regard to God's omniscience (Pro 5:21). 3. A dread of the miserable end of wicked people (Pro 5:22, Pro 5:23). And all little enough to arm young people against those fleshly lusts which war against the soul.
Open source ↗5:23 He will die: Young men must exercise self-control because death can result from acting on sexual desire for what is forbidden.
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But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.