Proverbs 9:18
And he did not know that giants are there, and that her companions are in the depths of Hell.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
17“Stolen waters are more soothing, and secret bread is more pleasant.”
Cross References
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The foolish despise wisdom as well as doctrine.
Proverbs 2:18and who has forgotten the covenant of her God. For her household inclines toward death, and her paths toward Hell.
Proverbs 6:26For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man.
2 Peter 3:5But they willfully ignore this: that the heavens existed first, and that the earth, from water and through water, was established 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 →