Proverbs 2:18

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

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  • Prov 5:4-9 : 4 But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. 6 She does not consider the path of life; her ways wander, but she does not know it. 7 Now, my children, listen to me, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. 8 Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house. 9 Lest you give your vigor to others, and your years to someone cruel; 10 Lest strangers feast on your strength, and your hard-earned wealth end up in the house of a foreigner. 11 At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent. 12 You will say, 'How I hated discipline, and my heart despised correction!' 13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors. 14 I was on the verge of total ruin in the midst of the assembly and the congregation.
  • Prov 6:26-35 : 26 For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life. 27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned? 28 Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? 29 So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished. 30 Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving. 31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay back sevenfold; he may have to give up all the wealth of his house. 32 But a man who commits adultery has no sense; he destroys himself. 33 He will suffer wounds and disgrace, and his shame will never be wiped away. 34 For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. 35 He will not accept any ransom, nor will he be appeased, no matter how great the gift you offer.
  • Prov 7:22-27 : 22 He follows her all at once, like an ox going to slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of shackles. 23 Until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird rushing into a trap, not realizing it will cost him his life. 24 Now then, my sons, listen to me and pay attention to the words of my mouth. 25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths. 26 For she has brought down many victims, and numerous are all those she has slain. 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
  • Prov 9:18 : 18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
  • 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
  • Gal 5:19-21 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Eph 5:5 : 5 For you know this with certainty, that no sexually immoral, impure, or greedy person—who is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowardly, the unbelieving, the detestable, murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 2:19-20
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    88%

    19None who go to her return, nor do they reach the paths of life.

    20So you will walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 7:25-27
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

    26For she has brought down many victims, and numerous are all those she has slain.

    27Her house is the way to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.

  • Prov 5:4-6
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    4But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

    5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.

    6She does not consider the path of life; her ways wander, but she does not know it.

  • Prov 2:15-17
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    15Their paths are crooked, and their ways are devious.

    16It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering words,

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

  • Prov 5:8
    77%

    8Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house.

  • Prov 3:17-18
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    75%

    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

    18She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, and those who hold her fast are blessed.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26I found that more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be caught by her.

  • Prov 7:11-12
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    74%

    11She is loud and rebellious; her feet do not stay at home.

    12Now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner, she lurks.

  • Prov 7:8
    74%

    8Passing through the street near her corner, he took the path to her house.

  • Hos 2:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6I will not show mercy to her children, for they are the children of unfaithfulness.

    7Their mother has been unfaithful; their conceiver acted shamefully. She said, 'I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread, water, wool, flax, oil, and drink.'

  • Prov 9:18
    73%

    18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

  • Prov 21:16
    73%

    16A person who wanders from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

  • Ezek 16:32
    73%

    32You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Prov 6:26
    73%

    26For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.

  • Prov 14:12
    73%

    12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end leads to death.

  • Prov 7:21-22
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    72%

    21With her abundant persuasion, she entices him; with her smooth talk, she compels him.

    22He follows her all at once, like an ox going to slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of shackles.

  • Prov 2:13
    72%

    13from those who abandon the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,

  • Prov 23:27
    72%

    27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a narrow well is a deceitful woman.

  • Prov 22:14
    72%

    14The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; one who is cursed by the LORD will fall into it.

  • Prov 15:24
    72%

    24The path of life leads upward for the prudent, to keep them from descending to the grave.

  • Prov 9:14-16
    3 verses
    72%

    14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

    15calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way,

    16"Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

    15Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn away from it and go on your way.

  • Prov 9:2
    72%

    2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

  • Prov 14:1
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    1Wise women build their homes, but foolish ones tear theirs down with their own hands.

  • 1 Tim 5:6
    71%

    6But the one who lives indulgently, even while living, is dead.

  • Prov 8:2
    71%

    2On the heights along the way, at the crossroads, she takes her stand.

  • Prov 9:4
    71%

    4"Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

  • Prov 4:6
    70%

    6Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; love her, and she will protect you.

  • Job 6:18
    70%

    18Caravans turn aside from their paths; they go into the wasteland and perish.

  • Prov 16:25
    70%

    25There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way of death.

  • Prov 1:15-16
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    70%

    15My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,

    16For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.

  • Prov 12:28
    70%

    28In the path of righteousness is life, and its pathway leads to immortality.

  • Job 38:20
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    20that you may take it to its boundary and recognize the paths to its home?

  • Prov 6:24
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    24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

  • Jer 2:33
    70%

    33How skilled you are at pursuing love! Even the worst of women you have taught your ways.