Proverbs 2:18

for her house leads down to death, 2 her paths to the departed spirits. 1

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In The King James Version

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

In Context

17who forsakes the friend of her youth, 2 and forgets the covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties· of her God: 1

19None who go to her teshuvah ·completely return· again, 2 neither do they attain to the paths of life: 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 5:4But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, 2 and as sharp as a two-edged sword. 1

Proverbs 7:22He followed her immediately, 2 as an ox goes to the slaughter, 2 as a fool stepping into a noose. 1

Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to Sheol ·Place of the dead·, 2 going down to the rooms of death.

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 →

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