Proverbs 9:18
But he knows not that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
In Context
17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:7The fear of LORD is the beginning of knowledge. The foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 2:18(for her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead;
Proverbs 6:26For the price of a harlot is as much as a piece of bread, but the adulteress hunts for the precious life.
2 Peter 3:5For this is willfully ignored by them, that long ago there were heavens, and an earth that came together out of water and by water by the word of God,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:14-18
The Invitation of Folly. 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways: 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. We have heard what… Read the whole commentary →