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Proverbs 2:19

What does Proverbs 2:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 2:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

None that go in unto her, shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

Context

v.18For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

v.19This passage

v.20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

Cross references

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

  • Ecclesiastes 7:26

    And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

  • Hosea 4:14

    I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown.

  • Jeremiah 13:23

    Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

  • Psalms 81:12

    So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.

  • Hebrews 6:18

    that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

  • Proverbs 4:18

    But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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