Proverbs 9:18
d that thou mayest live long, and years of life may be added to thee.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
In Context
17Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the + 1:7 Or, sum, or, top.beginning of wisdom; and there is good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nought wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 2:18For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the + 2:18 See Heb.giants.
Proverbs 6:26For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:14-18
The Invitation of Folly. 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways: 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. We have heard what… Read the whole commentary →