Proverbs 2:19

Proverbs 2:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
• New International Version (NIV)None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.
• English Standard Version (ESV)none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life.
• New King James Version (NKJV)None who go to her return, Nor do they regain the paths of life—

Context of Proverbs 2:19

17who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God. 18For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits. None 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. 21For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,

Proverbs 2:19 word by word

כָּל־בָּ֭אֶיהָ לֹ֣א יְשׁוּב֑וּן וְלֹֽא־יַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּ אָרְח֥וֹת חַיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• None that goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto her return againשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• neither take they holdנָשַׂגnâώag · to overtakeH5381
• of the pathsאֹ֫רַח'ôrach · wayH734
• of lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416

Cross-references for Proverbs 2:19

• Psalms 81:12I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.
• Ecclesiastes 7:26I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.
• Jeremiah 13:23But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots?
• Hosea 4:14I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: “A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!”
• Matthew 19:24Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”
• Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.
• Hebrews 6:18so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

Commentaries on Proverbs 2:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19None that go unto her return again - There are very few instances of prostitutes ever returning to the paths of sobriety and truth; perhaps not one of such as become prostitutes through a natural propensity to debauchery. Among those who have been deceived, debauched, and abandoned, many have been reclaimed; and to such alone penitentiaries may be useful; to the others they may only be incentives to farther sinning. Rakes and debauchees are sometimes…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19The words describe more than the fatal persistency of the sinful habit when once formed. A resurrection from that world of the dead to “the paths of life” is all but impossible.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

Topics related to Proverbs 2:19

• Adultery
• Chastity
• Company
• Righteousness
• Wicked (People)
• Wisdom
• Women
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Hezekiah (2)
• Life
• Path; Pathway
• Proverbs, the Book of

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