Proverbs 7:27
The ways of Sheol—her house, || Going down to inner chambers of death!
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
In Context
26For many [are] the wounded she caused to fall, || And mighty [are] all her slain ones.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:5Her feet are going down to death, || Her steps take hold of Sheol.
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart [is] nets and snares, her hands [are] bands; the good before God escapes from her, but the sinner is captured by her.
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 →