none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life.
The scope of these verses is to show, 1. What great advantage true wisdom will be of to us; it will keep us from the paths of sin, which lead to ruin, and will therein do us a greater kindness than if it enriched us with all the wealth of the world. 2.
Commenting on Proverbs 2:10-22
None that go unto her return again,.... That is, those that commit whoredom with her return not again by repentance, and to a sober and chaste way of living, at least but very few; hence some of the ancients thought adultery was the unpardonable sin; but it is certain that some have been recovered by the power of divine grace, and have been brought to...
that is, such as remain impenitent (compare Ecc 7:26). paths of life-- (Psa 16:11), opposed to paths unto the dead.