Proverbs 7:26

Translations

Modern

For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.

Traditional

For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

Literal

For many wounded ones she has made fall; and numerous are all her slain ones.

Latin

…multos enim vulneratos dejecit, et fortissimi quique interfecti sunt ab ea.

Original

Hebrew

English

For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.

Notes

Proverbs 7:24–27

The father emphasizes thr lesson: An adulteress may seem attractive, and a relationship with her is tempting, but it will lead to harm or even death.

Proverbs 7:1–27

This is the final section in Proverbs 1–9 that warns about the dangers of promiscuous women (see also Proverbs 2:16–22; 5:1–23; 6:20–35).

Theme notes and profiles

Marriage and Sexuality

Related verses

Nehemiah 13:26
Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
1 Kings 11:1–2
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
1 Corinthians 10:8
We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
Proverbs 6:33
Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
Judges 16:21
Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
2 Samuel 12:9–11
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
2 Samuel 3:27
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
2 Corinthians 12:21
I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.
2 Samuel 3:6–8
During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had continued to strengthen his position in the house of Saul.

Glossary

Adultery Proverbs, Book of

Topics

Chastity: Consequences of Associating with Those Devoid of Harlot (Prostitute): Shamelessness of Harlot (Prostitute): To be Shunned Lasciviousness: General Scriptures Concerning Women: Subtle and Deceitful Women: Wicked: Full of Deceit and Licentiousness Young Men: General Scriptures Concerning

Proverbs 7:26

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