Proverbs 9:18

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

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  • Prov 7:27 : 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
  • 2 Pet 3:5 : 5 For they deliberately ignore this fact: that the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God.
  • Ps 82:5 : 5 They do not know nor do they understand; they wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Prov 2:18-19 : 18 for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed spirits. 19 None who go to her return, nor do they reach the paths of life.
  • Prov 5:5 : 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
  • Prov 6:26 : 26 For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.

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  • Prov 9:16-17
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    16 "Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

    17 Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious.

  • Prov 2:18-19
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    18 for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed spirits.

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

  • 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their memory is forgotten.

  • 21 Surely these are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of one who does not know God.

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

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

  • 14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth wide without limit. Into it will descend its splendor, its multitude, its uproar, and those who revel in it.

  • Prov 5:5-6
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    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.

  • Job 24:16-19
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    16 In the darkness, they break into houses, but by day, they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

    17 For to them, the morning is like deep darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

    18 Swift upon the surface of the waters they are; their portion is cursed in the land; they do not turn to the way of the vineyards.

    19 As drought and heat consume the snow waters, so Sheol consumes those who have sinned.

  • Job 28:13-14
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    13 Mankind does not know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

    14 The deep says, 'It is not in me,' and the sea declares, 'It is not with me.'

  • 18 For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

  • Job 26:5-6
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    5 The dead tremble beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.

    6 Sheol is naked before him; Abaddon has no covering.

  • 19 The rich man lies down, but he will not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.

  • 21 To those who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures.

  • 17 The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.

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

  • 11 Death and destruction lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of humans!

  • 7 Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell anyone what is to come?

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    5 Return, LORD! Rescue my soul; save me because of Your steadfast love.

  • 9 Sheol below stirs up to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the dead—all the leaders of the earth—and raises from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

  • 5 Indeed, because wine betrays, and an arrogant man is restless, enlarging his appetite like Sheol and never satisfied, he gathers all the nations to himself and collects all peoples as his own.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    9 As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return.

    10 He will never come back to his house; his place will know him no more.

  • 20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.

  • 17 Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

  • 32 He is carried to the graves, and a watch is kept over his tomb.

  • 12 Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive, whole, like those who go down to the pit;

  • 6 He has made me dwell in dark places, like those long dead.

  • 8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

  • 5 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength.

  • 17 The LORD is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are trapped by the work of their hands. Meditation. Selah.

  • 25 While another dies in bitterness of soul, having never tasted prosperity.

  • 6 How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!

  • 21 If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.

  • 5 Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.

  • 36 But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all who hate me love death.

  • 19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

  • 11 It is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of waters covers you.

  • Job 15:22-23
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    22 He does not believe he will return from the darkness; he is marked for the sword.

    23 He wanders about for food, asking, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at hand.

  • 23 Their graves are set in the depths of the pit, and her company is all around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, spreading terror in the land of the living.

  • 18 He is driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.