Proverbs 2:18
and who has forgotten the covenant of her God. For her household inclines toward death, and her paths toward Hell.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
In Context
17and who leaves behind the Guide of her youth,
19All those who enter to her will not return again, nor will they take hold of the paths of life.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:4But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 7:22Immediately, he follows her, like an ox being led to the sacrifice, and like a lamb acting lasciviously, and not knowing that he is being drawn foolishly into chains,
Proverbs 7:27Her household is the way to Hell, reaching even to the inner places of death.
1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the iniquitous will not possess the kingdom of God? Do not choose to wander astray. For neither fornicators, nor servants of idolatry, nor adulterers,
Ephesians 5:5For know and understand this: no one who is a fornicator, or lustful, or rapacious (for these are a kind of service to idols) holds an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Revelation 22:15Outside are dogs, and drug users, and homosexuals, and murderers, and those who serve idols, and all who love and do what is false.
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 →