Proverbs 2:18
For her house inclineth unto death, 1 And her paths unto the dead. 1
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
In The King James Version
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
In Context
17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, 1 And forgetteth the covenant of her God. 1
19None that go unto her return again, 1 Neither take they hold of the paths of life. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 5:4But her end is bitter as wormwood, 1 Sharp as a twoedged sword. 1
Proverbs 7:22He goeth after her straightway, 1 As an ox goeth to the slaughter, 1 Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 1
Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to hell, 1 Going down to the chambers of death.
1 Corinthians 6:9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Ephesians 5:5For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Revelation 22:15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 2:11-22
The Benefits Conferred by Wisdom. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the strange… Read the whole commentary →