Proverbs 7:26
For she has brought down and destroyed a lot of men; she's killed so many.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
In Context
25Don't even think about following her. Don't stray down her road.
27Her house leads to the grave—it goes down to the rooms of death.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:6Abner had been strengthening his position among the supporters of Saul's dynasty during the war between those on the side of Saul and those on the side of David.
2 Samuel 12:9So why have you treated what the Lord said with contempt by doing evil in his sight? You killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword and stole his wife—you killed him using the sword of the Ammonites.
Nehemiah 13:26Wasn't it marriages like these that made King Solomon of Israel sin? There wasn't a king in any nation like him. God loved him, and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was made to sin by foreign women.
Proverbs 6:33He will be wounded and dishonored. His disgrace will never be removed.
1 Corinthians 10:8We must not commit sexual sins, as some of them did, and as a result 23,000 died in one day.
1 Peter 2:11My friends, I'm pleading with you as foreigners and strangers in this world not to give in to physical desires that are in conflict with what is spiritual.
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 →