Proverbs 9:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 7:27 : 27 Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.
  • 2 Pet 3:5 : 5 For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.
  • Ps 82:5 : 5 They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 Introduction to the Theme of the Book Fearing the LORD is the beginning of discernment, but fools have despised wisdom and moral instruction.
  • 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.
  • Prov 5:5 : 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
  • Prov 6:26 : 26 for 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.

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