Proverbs 7:27
Her household is the way to Hell, reaching even to the inner places of death.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 5:5Her feet descend into death, and her steps reach even to Hell.
Ecclesiastes 7:26I have examined all things in my soul, so that I may know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason, and so that I may recognize the impiety of the foolish, and the error of the imprudent.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:25-27
The Seduction of a Youth. 24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. We have here the application of the foregoing story: " Hearken to me therefore, and not to such seducers ( v. 24 ); give ear to a father, and not to an enemy." 1. "Take good… Read the whole commentary →