Proverbs 5:5
Her feet go down to death.Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
In Context
4But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood,and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
6She gives no thought to the way of life.Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:18for her house leads down to death,her paths to the dead.
Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words.Lay up my commandments within you.
Ecclesiastes 7:26I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
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 →