New English Translation
Proverbs 2:18
18For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits.
Proverbs 2:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
- New International Version (NIV)Surely her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;
- New King James Version (NKJV)For her house leads down to death, And her paths to the dead;
Context of Proverbs 2:18
16to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words; 17who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God. For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits. 19None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life. 20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.
Read all of Proverbs 2Proverbs 2:18 word by word
כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה אֶל־מָ֣וֶת בֵּיתָ֑הּ וְאֶל־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 2:18
- Proverbs 5:4but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
- Proverbs 6:26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.
- Proverbs 7:22Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare
- Proverbs 9:18But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
- Galatians 5:19Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,
- Ephesians 5:5For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
- Revelation 21:8But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.”
- Revelation 22:5Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
Commentaries on Proverbs 2:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18For her house inclineth unto death - It is generally in by and secret places that such women establish themselves. They go out of the high road to get a residence; and every step that is taken towards their house is a step towards death. The path of sin is the path of ruin: the path of duty is the way of safety. For her paths incline unto the dead, רפאים repheim, the inhabitants of the invisible world. The woman who abandons herself to prostitution soon…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18The house of the adulteress is as Hades, the realm of death, haunted by the spectral shadows of the dead (Rephaim, see the Psalm 88:10 note), who have perished there.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-19sinks...to the departed spirits: Adultery breaks a key promise to one's spouse and to God (see also Genesis 39:2–9; Malachi 2:14).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1916-19. Deliverance from another danger. the strange woman--This term is often used for harlot, or loose woman (Jud 11:1, 2), married (Pr 7:5, 19) or not (1Ki 11:1), so called, because such were, perhaps at first, foreigners, though "strange" may also denote whatever is opposed to right or proper, as "strange fire" (Nu 3:4); "strange incense" (Ex 30:9). flattereth--literally, "smooths." her words--(Psa 5:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 2
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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