Proverbs 9:18
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Revised Version 1895
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 are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 2:18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead:
Proverbs 6:26For on account of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
2 Peter 3:5For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;
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 →