18 But he does not know (A)that the dead[a] are there,
    that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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  1. Proverbs 9:18 Hebrew Rephaim

18 But little do they know that the dead are there,
    that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.(A)

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27 Her house is (A)the way to Sheol,
    going down to the chambers of death.

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27 Her house is a highway to the grave,
    leading down to the chambers of death.(A)

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Her feet (A)go down to death;
    her steps follow the path to[a] Sheol;

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  1. Proverbs 5:5 Hebrew lay hold of

Her feet go down to death;
    her steps lead straight to the grave.(A)

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18 (A)for her house sinks down to death,
    and her paths to the departed;[a]
19 none who go to her come back,
    nor do they regain the paths of life.

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  1. Proverbs 2:18 Hebrew to the Rephaim

18 Surely her house leads down to death
    and her paths to the spirits of the dead.(A)
19 None who go to her return
    or attain the paths of life.(B)

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26 for (A)the price of a prostitute is only (B)a loaf of bread,[a]
    but a married woman[b] (C)hunts down a precious life.

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  1. Proverbs 6:26 Or (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate) for a prostitute leaves a man with nothing but a loaf of bread
  2. Proverbs 6:26 Hebrew a man's wife

26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
    but another man’s wife preys on your very life.(A)

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(A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
    fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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The fear of the Lord(A) is the beginning of knowledge,
    but fools[a] despise wisdom(B) and instruction.(C)

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  1. Proverbs 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.

(A)They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
    (B)they walk about in darkness;
    (C)all the foundations of the earth are (D)shaken.

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“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.(A)
    They walk about in darkness;(B)
    all the foundations(C) of the earth are shaken.

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For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth (A)was formed out of water and through water (B)by the word of God,

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But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(A) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(B)

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