"None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life." — Proverbs 2:19

Proverbs 2:19 · KJV

“None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.”

— Proverbs 2:19

Verse 18

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

Verse 20

That thou mayest walk in the way of good {men}, and keep the paths of the righteous.

Proverbs 2 — Context

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.

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart {is} snares and nets, {and} her hands {as} bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. {whoso...: Heb. he that is good before God}

Psalms 81:12

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: {and} they walked in their own counsels. {unto...: or, to the hardness of their hearts, or, imagination}

Matthew 19:24-26

And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Hosea 4:14

I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people {that} doth not understand shall fall. {I will not: or, Shall I not} {fall: or, be punished}

Jeremiah 13:23

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? {then} may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. {accustomed: Heb. taught}

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the just {is} as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Hebrews 6:18

That by two immutable things, in which {it was} impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: