Proverbs 5:5
Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
In Context
4But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.
6They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:18And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.
Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son,
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 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 →