Proverbs 2:18 “For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spir…”

Proverbs 2:18

For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.

American Standard Version

For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

Geneva Bible 1599

Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead.

Darby Translation

— for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;

Young's Literal Translation

For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

Bible in Basic English

For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

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Cross references

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

Proverbs 9:18 1 Corinthians 6:9–11 Proverbs 5:4–14 Galatians 5:19–21 Ephesians 5:5 Revelation 21:8

Proverbs 9:18 · BSB

But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

1 Corinthians 6:9–11 · BSB

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

Proverbs 5:4–14 · BSB

in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

Galatians 5:19–21 · BSB

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

Ephesians 5:5 · BSB

For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Revelation 21:8 · BSB

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

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

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