Proverbs 9:18
And he has not known that Rephaim [are] there, || Her invited ones in deep places of Sheol!
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
In Context
17“Stolen waters are sweet, || And hidden bread is pleasant.”
Cross References
Proverbs 1:7Fear of YHWH [is the] beginning of knowledge, || Fools have despised wisdom and instruction!
Proverbs 2:18For her house has inclined to death, || And her paths to Rephaim.
Proverbs 6:26For a harlot consumes to a cake of bread, || And an adulteress hunts the precious soul.
2 Peter 3:5for this they willingly conceal, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth having been established by the word of God out of water and through water,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:14-18
The Invitation of Folly. 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways: 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. We have heard what… Read the whole commentary →