Proverbs 9:18
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Berean Standard Bible
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
17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
Cross References
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 2:18For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
Proverbs 6:26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
2 Peter 3:5But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
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 →