Proverbs 9:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 7:27 : 27 Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
  • 2 Pet 3:5 : 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
  • Ps 82:5 : 5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 ¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
  • 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 take they hold of the paths of life.
  • Prov 5:5 : 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
  • Prov 6:26 : 26 For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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  • Prov 2:18-19
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    5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

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    21Surely such [are] the dwellings of the wicked, and this [is] the place [of him that] knoweth not God.

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  • Job 28:13-14
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