Proverbs 7:27
Her house is the way to hell, reaching even to the inner chambers of death.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 the strongest have been slain by her.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell.
Ecclesiastes 7:26I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, 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 →