Proverbs 7:27
Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
In Context
26for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.
Ecclesiastes 7:26and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.
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 →