Proverbs 2:18
For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
In Context
17Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;
19None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:
Cross References
Proverbs 5:4But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged sword!
Proverbs 7:22Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a fool.
Proverbs 7:27Ways to hades, are in her house, descending into the chambers of death.
1 Corinthians 6:9Or know ye not that, wrong-doers, shall not inherit, God’s kingdom? Be not deceiving yourselves:—neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,
Ephesians 5:5For, this, ye know, if ye take note—that no fornicator, or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.
Revelation 22:15Outside, are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the unchaste, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one loving and doing falsehood.
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 →