Proverbs 2:19
Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
In Context
18For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:
20So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
Proverbs 6:32He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.
Jeremiah 13:23Is it possible for the skin of the Ethiopian to be changed, or the markings on the leopard? Then it might be possible for you to do good, who have been trained to do evil.
Matthew 19:24And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go 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 →