Proverbs 2:18
For her house sinketh down to Death, And her paths to the shades of the dead:
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
In Context
17Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God.
19None that go to her return again; They will not attain the paths of life.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:4But her end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 7:22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the chastisement of the fool,
Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to the under-world, Leading down to the chambers of death.
1 Corinthians 6:9Know ye not, that wrongdoers shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Ephesians 5:5For of this ye are sure, since ye know that no whore-monger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Revelation 22:15Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loveth and practiseth falsehood.
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 →