Proverbs 5:23 meaning and explanation
He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
Proverbs 5:23, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse closes the fatherly instruction that began in verse 1, summarizing the outcome of the man who ignored wisdom and went to the forbidden woman. "Discipline" here means the moral training and correction he refused (verses 12 and 13); "folly" is the reckless self-absorption that made him stray.
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