Proverbs 9:18

World English Bible (2000)

But he doesn't 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, going down to the rooms of death.
  • 2 Pet 3:5 : 5 For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;
  • Ps 82:5 : 5 They don't know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Prov 2:18-19 : 18 for her house leads down to death, her paths to the dead. 19 None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:
  • Prov 5:5 : 5 Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
  • Prov 6:26 : 26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

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