Proverbs 9:18
But he knoweth not, that the shades are there; In the depths of hades, are her guests.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
In Context
17Stolen waters, will be sweet,—and a secret meal, will be pleasant;
Cross References
Proverbs 1:7The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.
Proverbs 2:18For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;
Proverbs 6:26Because, for the sake of an impure woman, [a man may be brought] even to a cake of bread,—and, a man’s wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!
2 Peter 3:5For this they, willfully, forget—that there were, heavens, from of old, and, an earth, on account of water and by means of water, compacted, by God’s word,—
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:14-18
The Invitation of Folly. 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways: 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. We have heard what… Read the whole commentary →