Proverbs 2:18

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

Cross-reference

Proverbs 5:4-5 warns the strange woman's path leads to death and Sheol—identical imagery to this verse.

Proverbs 6:26-35 expands on the destructive cost of adultery, echoing the death-path of the strange woman.

Proverbs 7:22-27 vividly depicts the young man led to slaughter, directly paralleling the house that leads to death.

Proverbs 9:18 warns that the foolish woman's guests are in Sheol, reinforcing the deadly destination.

Proverbs 5:5 uses identical language: 'her feet go down to death' — a direct parallel to Proverbs 2:18.

Proverbs 6:32 says the adulterer destroys himself, directly echoing the self-destruction of following her path.

Proverbs 7:27 uses identical imagery of her house leading to Sheol, reinforcing the deadly destination of the adulteress.

Proverbs 15:24 presents the opposite—the path of life leading upward—contrasting the downward path to death here.

Proverbs 21:16 generalizes: wandering from understanding leads to death's assembly, similar to the adulteress's specific path.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 lists adulterers among those excluded from God's kingdom, echoing the death sentence, yet offers redemption.

Galatians 5:19–21 Related theme

Galatians 5:19-21 includes sexual immorality as a work of the flesh that bars inheritance, echoing the same fatal outcome.

Ephesians 5:5 Related theme

Ephesians 5:5 states no immoral person has inheritance, reinforcing the warning that such a path leads to loss of life.

Revelation 21:8 Related theme

Revelation 21:8 places the sexually immoral in the lake of fire, directly echoing the death that follows the strange woman.

Revelation 22:15 Related theme

Revelation 22:15 excludes the sexually immoral from the holy city, mirroring the exclusion from life in Proverbs.

Ecclesiastes 7:26 describes the same dangerous woman whose snares trap sinners, directly echoing the deadly house.