Proverbs 7:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 5:5 : 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
  • Prov 9:18 : 18 But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!
  • Prov 2:18-19 : 18 For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits. 19 None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 2:17-19
    3 verses
    88%

    17who leaves the husband from her younger days, and has ignored her marriage covenant made before God.

    18For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits.

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

  • Prov 7:25-26
    2 verses
    85%

    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

    26for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.

  • 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 lead straight to the grave.

    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

  • Prov 7:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

    11(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home–

    12at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

  • Prov 5:8
    76%

    8Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

  • Prov 7:8
    76%

    8He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house

  • Eccl 7:26
    75%

    26I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

  • Prov 23:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

    28Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

  • Prov 15:24
    74%

    24The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Prov 9:1-4
    4 verses
    72%

    1The Consequences of Accepting Wisdom or Folly Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars.

    2She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.

    3She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city.

    4“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,

  • Prov 22:14
    72%

    14The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.

    22Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare

  • Prov 9:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14And she has sat down at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

    15calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.

  • Prov 6:26
    72%

    26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

  • Prov 14:1
    72%

    1Every wise woman has built her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

  • Prov 9:18
    71%

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

  • Prov 3:17
    71%

    17Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

  • Prov 14:12
    71%

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

  • Ps 55:15
    71%

    15May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

  • Prov 15:11
    71%

    11Death and Destruction are before the LORD– how much more the hearts of humans!

  • Ezek 16:32
    70%

    32“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Isa 5:14
    70%

    14So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion’s dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her.

  • Jer 6:7
    70%

    7As a well continually pours out fresh water so it continually pours out wicked deeds. Sounds of violence and destruction echo throughout it. All I see are sick and wounded people.’

  • Matt 7:27
    69%

    27The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed– it was utterly destroyed!”

  • Prov 8:3
    69%

    3beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:

  • Prov 7:5
    69%

    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

  • 1 Tim 5:6
    69%

    6But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

  • Prov 21:9
    69%

    9It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

  • Prov 16:25
    68%

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

  • Hab 2:10
    68%

    10Your schemes will bring shame to your house. Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct.

  • Prov 21:16
    68%

    16The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.

  • Ezek 32:23
    68%

    23Their graves are located in the remote slopes of the Pit. Her assembly is around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword, those who spread terror in the land of the living.

  • Rev 18:7
    68%

    7As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself,‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’

  • Prov 31:27
    68%

    27Watching over the ways of her household, she would not eat the bread of idleness.

  • Prov 30:20
    68%

    20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she has eaten and wiped her mouth and has said,“I have not done wrong.”

  • Prov 12:7
    68%

    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

  • Jer 11:15
    68%

    15The LORD says to the people of Judah,“What right do you have to be in my temple, my beloved people? Many of you have done wicked things. Can your acts of treachery be so easily canceled by sacred offerings that you take joy in doing evil even while you make them?