Proverbs 9:18
But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld.
Bible in Basic English
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
17Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
Proverbs 2:18For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:
Proverbs 6:26For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
2 Peter 3:5But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled 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 →