Proverbs 7:26
For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
In Context
25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
27Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:6During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had continued to strengthen his position in the house of Saul.
2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
Nehemiah 13:26Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
Proverbs 6:33Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
1 Corinthians 10:8We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
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 →