Proverbs 5:5 (BSB)
Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
From Proverbs 5. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Proverbs 5:5
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-14: Here we have, I. A solemn preface, to introduce the caution which follows, Pro 5:1, Pro 5:2. Solomon here addresses himself to his son, that is, to all young men, as unto his children, whom he has an affection for and some influence upon. In God's name, he demands attention; for he writes by divine inspiration, and is a prophet, though he begins not with, Thus saith the Lord.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 5:5: Her feet go down to death,.... The ways in which she walks, and in which she leads others, issue oftentimes in corporeal death; and always in eternal death, if grace prevent not; and unless men are brought to a sense of sin, to repent of it and leave it.
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 5:5: feet . . . , steps--that is, course of life ends in death.
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 5:5: Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. (c) All her doings lead to destruction.