Proverbs 2:19

Translations

Modern

None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

Traditional

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

Literal

Of all those coming to her, none will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.

Latin

Omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur, nec apprehendent semitas vitæ.

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

Notes

Proverbs 2:18–19

sinks...to the departed spirits: Adultery breaks a key promise to one's spouse and to God (see also Genesis 39:2–9; Malachi 2:14).

Proverbs 2:1–22

The father advises his son to seek wisdom. It will protect him from bad people and the risks of unfaithful women. The son should pursue wisdom, knowing it is a gift from God.

Theme notes and profiles

Marriage and Sexuality Wisdom

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Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
Psalm 81:12
So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
Hosea 4:14
I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.
Matthew 19:24–26
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
Hebrews 6:18
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.
Proverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Glossary

Path Proverbs, Book of

Topics

Adultery: General Scriptures Concerning Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God: Means of Preservation From Chastity: General Scriptures Concerning Company: Evil Houses: The Flat Roofs of had often Booths on Them Righteousness: Fruits of Wicked (People): Described Wisdom: Spiritual: Unclassified Scriptures Relating to Women: Wicked: Full of Deceit and Licentiousness Young Men: General Scriptures Concerning

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