Proverbs 7:27
Her house is the way of hell, 1 Leading down to the chambers of death.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
In Context
26For she has wounded and cast down many, 1 And those whom she has slain are innumerable. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 5:5For the feet of folly lead 1 Those who deal with her down to the grave with death; 1 And her steps are not established. 1
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find her to be, and I will pronounce to be 1 More bitter than death the woman which is a snare, 1 And her heart nets, 1 Who has a band in her hands: 1 He that is good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; 1 But the sinner shall be caught by her. 1
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 →