Proverbs 2:19
None that go in unto her, shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
In Context
20That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards, and increaseth even to perfect day.
Proverbs 6:32But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:
Jeremiah 13:23If the Ethiopian can change his skin, or the leopard his spots: you also may do well, when you have learned evil.
Matthew 19:24And again I say to you: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.
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 →