Proverbs 7:26
for she has wounded and cast down many, and those whom she has slain are innumerable.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
In Context
25Let not thine heart turn aside to her ways: + 7:25 Alex. + 'and stray not in her paths.'
27Her house is the + 7:27 Gr. ways.way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:6And it came to pass while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abenner was governing the house of Saul.
2 Samuel 12:9Why hast thou set at nought the word of the Lord, to do that which is evil in his eyes? thou hast slain Urias the Chettite with the sword, and thou hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and thou hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Nehemiah 13:26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin thus? though there was no king like him among many nations, and he was beloved of God, and God made him king over all Israel; yet strange women turned him aside.
Proverbs 6:33He endures both pain and disgrace, and his reproach shall never be wiped off.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:25-27
The Seduction of a Youth. 24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. We have here the application of the foregoing story: " Hearken to me therefore, and not to such seducers ( v. 24 ); give ear to a father, and not to an enemy." 1. "Take good… Read the whole commentary →