Proverbs 5:5
Her feete go downe vnto death, and her steppes pearce thorowe vnto hell.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
In Context
4But at the laste she is as bitter as wormewood, and as sharpe as a two edged sworde.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:18For her house is enclined vnto death, and her pathes vnto hell.
Proverbs 7:1My sonne kepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements by thee.
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with her.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:2-15
Parental Instructions; Cautions against Sensuality. 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7… Read the whole commentary →