Proverbs 9:18
But he knoweth not, that ye dead are there, and that her ghestes are in the depth of hell.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
In Context
17Stollen waters are sweete, and hid bread is pleasant.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:7The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
Proverbs 2:18Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead.
Proverbs 6:26For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman wil hunt for the precious life of a man.
2 Peter 3:5For this they willingly know not, that the heauens were of olde, and the earth that was of the water and by the water, by the word of God.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:14-18
The Invitation of Folly. 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways: 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. We have heard what… Read the whole commentary →