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Proverbs 9:18

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But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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  1. Proverbs 7:27Rank 1 from verse 18
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    27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

  2. Proverbs 2:18–19Rank 2 from verse 18
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    18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

    19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

  3. Proverbs 5:5Rank 3 from verse 18
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    5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

  4. Proverbs 1:7Rank 4 from verse 18
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    7¶ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  5. Proverbs 6:26Rank 5 from verse 18
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    26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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Proverbs 9:18

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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dead

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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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guests

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Persons received or lodged by others; strangers or visitors entertained at a place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hell

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Sense 1: A place beneath, associated with the dead, destruction, and confinement. Sense 2: The place of punishment and torment, described as hell fire and fire that never shall be quenched. Sense 3: By figure, the depths, pains, or destructive power of death and overwhelming affliction.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

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