Proverbs 2:18
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead:
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
In Context
17Which forsaketh the friend of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God:
19None that go unto her return again, neither do they attain unto the paths of life:
Cross References
Proverbs 5:4But her latter end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 7:22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as fetters to the correction of the fool;
Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
1 Corinthians 6:9Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,
Ephesians 5:5For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, which is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Revelation 22:15Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
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 →