Proverbs 2:18
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
- KJV
- For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
- WEB
- for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
- ASV
- For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;
- DARBY
- for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;
- BLB
- For her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the Rephaim.
- ÅB
- for hennes hus synker ned i døden, og hennes veier bærer ned til dødningene;
- OTB
- For hennes hus fører ned til døden, og hennes stier til de dødes ånder.
- B1930
- for hennes hus synker ned i døden, og hennes veier bærer ned til dødningene;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 6:9–11
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Read in contextProverbs 9:18
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Read in contextGalatians 5:19–21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Read in contextRevelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Read in contextEphesians 5:5
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Read in contextProverbs 5:4–14
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Read in contextProverbs 7:22–27
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Read in contextProverbs 6:26–35
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
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