Proverbs 7:26
For, many, wounded, hath she caused to fall,—yea strong men, slain wholly by her:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
In Context
25Let not thy heart, turn aside to her ways, Do not go astray, in her paths.
27Ways to hades, are in her house, descending into the chambers of death.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:6And it came to pass, while the war continued between the house of Saul and the house of David, that, Abner, shewed himself courageous for the house of Saul.
2 Samuel 12:9Wherefore, hast thou despised the word of Yahweh, by doing that which is wicked in mine eyes? Uriah the Hittite, hast thou smitten with the sword, and, his wife, hast thou taken to thyself to wife, yea, him, hast thou slain with the sword of the sons of Ammon!
Nehemiah 13:26Was it not, over these things, that Solomon king of Israel sinned—though, among many nations, there was no king such as he, and he was, beloved by his God, and so God gave him to be king over all Israel,—even him, did foreign women, cause to sin.
Proverbs 6:33Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out;
1 Corinthians 10:8Neither let us commit fornication, as, some of them, committed fornication, and there fell, in one day, three and twenty thousand;
1 Peter 2:11Beloved! I exhort you, as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly covetings, such as take the field against the soul;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:25-27
The Seduction of a Youth. 24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. We have here the application of the foregoing story: " Hearken to me therefore, and not to such seducers ( v. 24 ); give ear to a father, and not to an enemy." 1. "Take good… Read the whole commentary →