Proverbs 2:19

All those who enter to her will not return again, nor will they take hold of the paths of life.

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In The King James Version

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

In Context

18and who has forgotten the covenant of her God. For her household inclines toward death, and her paths toward Hell.

20So may you walk in the good way, and keep to the difficult paths of the just.

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just is like a shining light: it advances and increases, even to the day of completion.

Proverbs 6:32But whoever is an adulterer, because of the emptiness of his heart, will destroy his own soul.

Jeremiah 13:23If the Ethiopian is able to change his skin, or the leopard is able to change his spots, then you also may be able to do well, though you have learned evil.

Matthew 19:24And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for the wealthy to enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

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 →

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