King James Version
Proverbs 2:18 in the King James Version says “For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.”
Proverbs 2:18 · KJV
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“unto death”
H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
“For her house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“unto the dead”
H7496properly, lax, i.e., (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only)
“and her paths”
H4570a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)
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