Proverbs 7:26 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 7. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 7:26

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 7:24-27: We have here the application of the foregoing story: "Hearken to me therefore, and not to such seducers (Pro 7:24); give ear to a father, and not to an enemy." 1. "Take good counsel when it is given you. Let not thy heart decline to her ways (Pro 7:25); never leave the paths of virtue, though strait and narrow, solitary and up-hill, for the way...
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 7:26: Her house is the way to hell,.... Or "ways" (p); the broad highway to it; either to the grave, as "sheol" often signifies; or to hell itself, the place of the damned: to go into her house, and commit wickedness with her, is to take a step to destruction, a large stride towards hell; and, if grace prevent not, will bring a man thither.
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 7:26: Even the mightiest fail to resist her deathly allurements. Next: Proverbs Chapter 8
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 7:26: For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her. (i) Neither wit nor strength can deliver them who fall into the hands of the harlot.