Proverbs 2:19
All that enter to her, shall not turn again, neither they shall catch the paths of life. (All who go to her, shall never return, nor shall they ever walk again on the paths of life.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18But the path of just men goeth forth as light shining (or But the path of the righteous goeth forth like a shining light), and increaseth till to perfect day.
Proverbs 6:32But he that is an adulterer, shall lose his soul, for the poverty of heart, that is, (for the) wanting of reason.
Jeremiah 13:23If a man of Ethiopia may change his skin (colour), either a leopard may change his diversities, and ye may do well, when ye have learned evil. (Only if a man of Ethiopia can change his skin colour, or if a leopard can change his spots, then can ye still do good, after all the evil that ye have learned.)
Matthew 19:24And again I say to you, it is lighter (for) a camel to pass through a needle’s eye, [or it is easier (for) a camel to pass through the hole of a needle], than (for) a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heavens.
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 →