Proverbs 2:19
none who go to her return again, nor do they attain to the paths of life),
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
In Context
18(for her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead;
20that thou may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.
Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.
Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then ye also may do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
Matthew 19:24And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the hole of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
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 →