Proverbs 5:5
She leads you down to death; she takes you down to the grave.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
In Context
6She doesn't follow the path that leads to life—she wanders away and doesn't even know she's lost.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:18What happens in her house leads to death; following her way leads to the grave.
Proverbs 7:1My son, accept what I say and value my instructions.
Ecclesiastes 7:26I discovered something more horrible than death: foolishness like a woman who tries to entrap you, who wants to use her mind and hands to catch you and tie you up. Those who follow God will not be caught, but sinners will fall into her trap.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:2-15
Parental Instructions; Cautions against Sensuality. 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7… Read the whole commentary →