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Proverbs 7:26
26She has caused many men to fall. Because of her, too many men have thrown away their lives.
Proverbs 7:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
- New International Version (NIV)Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For she has cast down many wounded, And all who were slain by her were strong men.
Context of Proverbs 7:26
24So listen to me, my sons. Listen carefully to what I am saying. 25Do not let that kind of woman spoil your mind. Do not let her lead you away from what is right. She has caused many men to fall. Because of her, too many men have thrown away their lives. 27If you go to her house, you are on the road to death. You will soon be in your grave.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:26 word by word
כִּֽי־רַבִּ֣ים חֲלָלִ֣ים הִפִּ֑ילָה וַ֝עֲצֻמִ֗ים כָּל־הֲרֻגֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 7:26
- Proverbs 6:33He deserves his punishment and shame. He will never stop being ashamed.
- Judges 16:21The Philistines took hold of Samson. They cut out his eyes. They tied him up with bronze chains. They made him do hard work as their prisoner. He had to push a heavy stone to make grain into flour.
- 2 Samuel 3:6The war continued between David's men and the men who fought on behalf of Saul's family. Abner was becoming a more powerful leader among Saul's group.
- 2 Samuel 12:9But now you have not respected the Lord's command. You have done an evil thing. You caused Uriah the Hittite to die in a battle. You used the Ammonite soldiers to kill Uriah.
- 1 Kings 11:1Solomon loved Pharaoh's daughter and many other foreign women. Those women were Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.
- Nehemiah 13:26Solomon, king of Israel, did a bad thing when he married foreign women. There was no other king as great as him in any other nation. God loved him. God chose him to be king over all Israel. But Solomon's foreign wives caused him to do bad things, even though he was so great.
- 1 Corinthians 10:8Nor must we ever have sex in wrong ways. Some of our ancestors did that, and 23,000 of them died in one day as a result.
- 2 Corinthians 12:21I am afraid that I may be very sad when I come back to you. My God may cause me to feel ashamed about you. Some of you may still be doing bad and disgusting things. You may be having sex with people that you are not married to, or in other wrong ways. Those are the bad things that many of you did at one time. If you have not turned away from those bad things, that will make me weep.
- 1 Peter 2:11My friends, remember that you are really strangers in this world. You do not belong here. So I am telling you not to do the bad things that your bodies may want to do. Those bad things fight against what is good for your soul.
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her - That is, such like women have been the ruin of many. חללים chalalim, which we render wounded, also signifies solsliers or men of war; and עצמים atsumim, which we render strong men, may be translated heroes. Many of those who have distinguished themselves in the field and in the cabinet have been overcome and destroyed by their mistresses. History is full of such examples.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The house of the harlot is now likened to a field of battle strewn with the corpses of the many slain.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-27Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-27The father emphasizes thr lesson: An adulteress may seem attractive, and a relationship with her is tempting, but it will lead to harm or even death.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-2726-27. Even the mightiest fail to resist her deathly allurements.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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