Proverbs 7:26
For many are the wounded which she hath cast down; Yea, countless is the number of those slain by her.
Noyes Bible
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; Go not astray in her paths!
27Her house is the way to the under-world, Leading down to the chambers of death.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:33Blows and dishonor shall he get, And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
1 Corinthians 10:8Nor let us commit fornication, as some of them did, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I exhort you, as sojourners and strangers, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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 →