Proverbs 2:19
None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
In Context
18For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
20That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:18And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,
Proverbs 6:32He who committeth adultery [with] a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.
Jeremiah 13:23Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
Matthew 19:24and again I say to you, it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to go, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'
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 →