Proverbs 5:5

רַגְלֶיהָ יֹרְדוֹת מָוֶת שְׁאוֹל צְעָדֶיהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

In Context

4וְֽאַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָה כַֽלַּעֲנָה חַדָּה כְּחֶרֶב פִּיּֽוֹת ׃

6אֹרַח חַיִּים פֶּן ־ תְּפַלֵּס נָעוּ מַעְגְּלֹתֶיהָ לֹא תֵדָֽע ׃ פ

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:18כִּי שָׁחָה אֶל ־ מָוֶת בֵּיתָהּ וְאֶל ־ רְפָאִים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ ׃

Proverbs 7:1בְּנִי שְׁמֹר אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ ׃

Ecclesiastes 7:26וּמוֹצֶא אֲנִי מַר מִמָּוֶת אֶת ־ הָֽאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר ־ הִיא מְצוֹדִים וַחֲרָמִים לִבָּהּ אֲסוּרִים יָדֶיהָ טוֹב לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים יִמָּלֵט מִמֶּנָּה וְחוֹטֵא יִלָּכֶד בָּֽהּ ׃

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:2-15

Parental Instructions; Cautions against Sensuality. 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7… Read the whole commentary →

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