Proverbs 2:18
(for her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead;
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
In Context
17who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God
19none who go to her return again, nor do they attain to the paths of life),
Cross References
Proverbs 5:4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 7:22He goes after her straightaway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
1 Corinthians 6:9Or know ye not that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not led astray. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor homosexuals,
Ephesians 5:5For ye are men who know this, that no fornicator, or unclean man, or covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.
Revelation 22:15Outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every man who loves and makes a lie.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 2:11-22
The Benefits Conferred by Wisdom. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the strange… Read the whole commentary →