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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Referenced Verses

  • 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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