Proverbs 9:18
But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guest are in the depths of hell.
Updated King James Version
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 fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 2:18For her house inclines unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Proverbs 6:26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
2 Peter 3:5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word (o. logos) of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
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 →