Proverbs 9:18
And he hath not known that Rephaim [are] there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!
Young's Literal Translation
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
17'Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'
Cross References
Proverbs 1:7Fear of Jehovah [is] a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!
Proverbs 2:18For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
Proverbs 6:26For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.
2 Peter 3:5for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together 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 →