Proverbs 7:26
For many deadly wounded hath she caused to fall: yea, very numerous are all those slain by her.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
In Context
25Let not thy heart turn aside to her ways, do not go astray on her paths.
27The ways to the nether world is her house leading down to the chambers of death.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:6And it came to pass, while the war lasted between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner upheld with all his strength the house of Saul.
2 Samuel 12:9Wherefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord to do what is evil in his eyes? Uriyah the Hittite hast thou smitten with the sword, and his wife hast thou taken unto thee for wife; but him hast thou slain with the sword of the children of 'Ammon.
Nehemiah 13:26Did not Solomon the king of Israel sin by these things? and although among the many nations there was never a king like him, and beloved as he was by his God, and God had placed him as king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did the alien women mislead to sin.
Proverbs 6:33Plague and disgrace will he meet with; and his reproach will not be blotted out.
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 →