Reference

Proverbs 5:11

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
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Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

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Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

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And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

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And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Sheol / The Grave
Semantic Discovery
50% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Destruction / Perishing Language
Keyword Match
80% relevance

This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Annihilation / Destruction
Multi-Signal Classification
65% relevance

This verse was identified by multiple independent signals: structural patterns, prophetic context, and vocabulary — then validated by a probability model (Snorkel).

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Sheol / The Grave

The verse speaks of the consumption of "flesh and body," which describes physical decay, but it does not explicitly mention "Sheol," "the grave," "the pit," or "the dust" as the destination or state of the dead.

Destruction / Perishing Language

While the verse doesn't explicitly use "wicked," the context of Proverbs 5 (warning against adultery and its consequences) clearly implies that the "thou" who mourns and whose body is consumed is one who has strayed from wisdom, aligning with the concept of the fate of those who reject righteous living. The term "consumed" directly fits the "perishing language" aspect of the theme.