Proverbs 2:19
All that come unto her return not again, and they will not reach the paths of life.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
In Context
18For she sinketh unto death—her house, and unto the departed [lead] her tracks.
20In order that thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and observe the paths of the righteous.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is as the early morning light, that shineth more and more brightly until the height of noonday.
Proverbs 6:32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh sense: he that is the destroyer of his soul, will alone do this.
Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? [then] may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
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 →