Proverbs 2:18
For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the + 2:18 See Heb.giants.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
In Context
17of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:4but afterwards thou wilt find her + 5:4 Gr. a more bitter thing.more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 7:22And he followed her, being gently led on, and that as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:
Proverbs 7:27Her house is the + 7:27 Gr. ways.way of hell, leading down to the chambers 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 →