Proverbs 7:26
She has caused many people to fall down pierced; 1 her dead victims are very many. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
In Context
25May your heart not turn aside onto her paths; 1 do not be led astray onto her paths. 1
27Her house is on the paths to Sheol; 1 they go down to the dark bedrooms of death.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:6It came about during the war between the house of Saul and the house of David that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.
2 Samuel 12:9So why have you despised the commands of Yahweh, so as to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your own wife. You killed him with the sword of the army of Ammon.
Nehemiah 13:26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of these women? Among many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, his foreign wives caused him to sin.
Proverbs 6:33Wounds and shame are what he deserves 1 and his disgrace will not be wiped away. 1
1 Corinthians 10:8Let us not commit sexual immorality, as many of them did. In one day, twenty-three thousand people died because of it.
1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I call on you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from fleshly desires, which make war against your 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 →