Proverbs 2:18

כִּי שָׁחָה אֶל ־ מָוֶת בֵּיתָהּ וְאֶל ־ רְפָאִים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17הַעֹזֶבֶת אַלּוּף נְעוּרֶיהָ וְאֶת ־ בְּרִית אֱלֹהֶיהָ שָׁכֵֽחָה ׃

19כָּל ־ בָּאֶיהָ לֹא יְשׁוּבוּן וְלֹֽא ־ יַשִּׂיגוּ אָרְחוֹת חַיִּֽים ׃

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Cross References

Proverbs 5:4וְֽאַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָה כַֽלַּעֲנָה חַדָּה כְּחֶרֶב פִּיּֽוֹת ׃

Proverbs 7:22הוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ פִּתְאֹם כְּשׁוֹר אֶל ־ טָבַח יָבוֹא וּכְעֶכֶס אֶל ־ מוּסַר אֱוִֽיל ׃

Proverbs 7:27דַּרְכֵי שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתָהּ יֹרְדוֹת אֶל ־ חַדְרֵי ־ מָֽוֶת ׃ פ

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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