Proverbs 2:18
For she sinketh unto death—her house, and unto the departed [lead] her tracks.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
In Context
17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
19All that come unto her return not again, and they will not reach the paths of life.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:4But her end is bitter as wormwood, it is sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 7:22He followed after her suddenly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as in fetters to his correction, the fool:
Proverbs 7:27The ways to the nether world is her house leading down to the chambers of death.
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 →