Proverbs 7:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 5:5 : 5 Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;
Prov 9:18 : 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Eccl 7:26 : 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.
Rev 22:15 : 15 {G1161} 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.
Prov 2:18-19 : 18 For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead; 19 None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 2:17-19
3 verses
88%
17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:
18For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;
19None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:
Prov 7:25-26
2 verses
85%
25Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.
26For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
Prov 5:4-6
3 verses
84%
4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;
6So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.
Prov 7:10-12
3 verses
77%
10And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
11(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:
12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)
Prov 5:8
76%
8Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;
Prov 7:8
76%
8Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,
Eccl 7:26
75%
26And 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.
Prov 23:27-28
2 verses
74%
27For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
28Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
Prov 15:24
74%
24To the wise the way of life [goeth] upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.
Prov 9:1-4
4 verses
72%
1Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars:
2She hath killed her beasts; She hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:
3She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:
4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
Prov 22:14
72%
14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
Prov 7:21-22
2 verses
72%
21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;
Prov 9:14-15
2 verses
72%
14And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
15To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:
Prov 6:26
72%
26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
Prov 14:1
72%
1Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
Prov 9:18
71%
18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Prov 3:17
71%
17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
Prov 14:12
71%
12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.
Ps 55:15
71%
15Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
Prov 15:11
71%
11Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!
Ezek 16:32
70%
32A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!
Isa 5:14
70%
14Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend [into it].
Jer 6:7
70%
7As a well casteth forth its waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.
Matt 7:27
69%
27and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
Prov 8:3
69%
3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
Prov 7:5
69%
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
1 Tim 5:6
69%
6But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.
Prov 21:9
69%
9It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Prov 16:25
68%
25There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
Hab 2:10
68%
10Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.
Prov 21:16
68%
16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
Ezek 32:23
68%
23whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.
Rev 18:7
68%
7How much soever she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall in no wise see mourning.
Prov 31:27
68%
27She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.
Prov 30:20
68%
20So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.
Prov 12:7
68%
7The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.
Jer 11:15
68%
15What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness [with] many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.