Proverbs 7:27
Her house leads to the grave—it goes down to the rooms of death.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
In Context
26For she has brought down and destroyed a lot of men; she's killed so many.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:5She leads you down to death; she takes you down to the grave.
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 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 →