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25 May your heart not turn aside to her ways;
    do not stray into her path.
26 For many slain she has laid low,
    and countless[a] are all of her killings.
27 The ways of Sheol[b] are her house,
    descending to chambers of death.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:26 Or “strong men”
  2. Proverbs 7:27 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld

25 Do not let your heart turn to her ways
    or stray into her paths.(A)
26 Many are the victims she has brought down;
    her slain are a mighty throng.
27 Her house is a highway to the grave,
    leading down to the chambers of death.(B)

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