Proverbs 2:18
For her house is enclined vnto death, and her pathes vnto hell.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
In Context
17Forsaketh the husbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God.
19All they that go in vnto her, come not agayne, neither take they holde of the way of lyfe.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:4But at the laste she is as bitter as wormewood, and as sharpe as a two edged sworde.
Proverbs 7:22Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole [that laugheth] when he goeth to the stockes to be punished,
Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way vnto hell, and bryng men downe into the chaumbers of death.
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 →