18 Surely her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.

Other Translations of Proverbs 2:18

King James Version

18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

English Standard Version

18 for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;Hebrew to the Rephaim

The Message

18 Her whole way of life is doomed; every step she takes brings her closer to hell.

New King James Version

18 For her house leads down to death, And her paths to the dead;

New Living Translation

18 Entering her house leads to death; it is the road to the grave.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 2:18

Commentary on Proverbs 2:10-22

(Read Proverbs 2:10-22)

If we are truly wise, we shall be careful to avoid all evil company and evil practices. When wisdom has dominion over us, then it not only fills the head, but enters into the heart, and will preserve, both against corruptions within and temptations without. The ways of sin are ways of darkness, uncomfortable and unsafe: what fools are those who leave the plain, pleasant, lightsome paths of uprightness, to walk in such ways! They take pleasure in sin; both in committing it, and in seeing others commit it. Every wise man will shun such company. True wisdom will also preserve from those who lead to fleshly lusts, which defile the body, that living temple, and war against the soul. These are evils which excite the sorrow of every serious mind, and cause every reflecting parent to look upon his children with anxiety, lest they should be entangled in such fatal snares. Let the sufferings of others be our warnings. Our Lord Jesus deters from sinful pleasures, by the everlasting torments which follow them. It is very rare that any who are caught in this snare of the devil, recover themselves; so much is the heart hardened, and the mind blinded, by the deceitfulness of this sin. Many think that this caution, besides the literal sense, is to be understood as a caution against idolatry, and subjecting the soul to the body, by seeking any forbidden object. The righteous must leave the earth as well as the wicked; but the earth is a very different thing to them. To the wicked it is all the heaven they ever shall have; to the righteous it is the place of preparation for heaven. And is it all one to us, whether we share with the wicked in the miseries of their latter end, or share those everlasting joys that shall crown believers?

19 None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.

Other Translations of Proverbs 2:19

King James Version

19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

English Standard Version

19 none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life.

The Message

19 No one who joins her company ever comes back, ever sets foot on the path to real living.

New King James Version

19 None who go to her return, Nor do they regain the paths of life--

New Living Translation

19 The man who visits her is doomed. He will never reach the paths of life.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 2:19

Commentary on Proverbs 2:10-22

(Read Proverbs 2:10-22)

If we are truly wise, we shall be careful to avoid all evil company and evil practices. When wisdom has dominion over us, then it not only fills the head, but enters into the heart, and will preserve, both against corruptions within and temptations without. The ways of sin are ways of darkness, uncomfortable and unsafe: what fools are those who leave the plain, pleasant, lightsome paths of uprightness, to walk in such ways! They take pleasure in sin; both in committing it, and in seeing others commit it. Every wise man will shun such company. True wisdom will also preserve from those who lead to fleshly lusts, which defile the body, that living temple, and war against the soul. These are evils which excite the sorrow of every serious mind, and cause every reflecting parent to look upon his children with anxiety, lest they should be entangled in such fatal snares. Let the sufferings of others be our warnings. Our Lord Jesus deters from sinful pleasures, by the everlasting torments which follow them. It is very rare that any who are caught in this snare of the devil, recover themselves; so much is the heart hardened, and the mind blinded, by the deceitfulness of this sin. Many think that this caution, besides the literal sense, is to be understood as a caution against idolatry, and subjecting the soul to the body, by seeking any forbidden object. The righteous must leave the earth as well as the wicked; but the earth is a very different thing to them. To the wicked it is all the heaven they ever shall have; to the righteous it is the place of preparation for heaven. And is it all one to us, whether we share with the wicked in the miseries of their latter end, or share those everlasting joys that shall crown believers?

27 Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.

Other Translations of Proverbs 7:27

King James Version

27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

English Standard Version

27 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

The Message

27 She runs a halfway house to hell, fits you out with a shroud and a coffin.

New King James Version

27 Her house is the way to hell, Descending to the chambers of death.

New Living Translation

27 Her house is the road to the grave. Her bedroom is the den of death.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 7:27

Commentary on Proverbs 7:6-27

(Read Proverbs 7:6-27)

Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same place. The misery of self-ruined sinners began in disregard to God's blessed commands. We ought daily to pray that we may be kept from running into temptation, else we invite the enemies of our souls to spread snares for us. Ever avoid the neighbourhood of vice. Beware of sins which are said to be pleasant sins. They are the more dangerous, because they most easily gain the heart, and close it against repentance. Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it. Were a man to live as long as Methuselah, and to spend all his days in the highest delights sin can offer, one hour of the anguish and tribulation that must follow, would far outweigh them.