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Proverbs 2:18

What does Proverbs 2:18 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 2:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

v.18This passage

v.19None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 6:26

    For on account of a harlota man is broughtto a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

  • Galatians 5:19

    Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

  • Ephesians 5:5

    For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

  • Revelation 22:15

    Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.

  • Proverbs 7:22

    He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or asone infetters to the correction of the fool;

  • Proverbs 5:4

    But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

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