Proverbs 2:18

18. Her house inclineth unto death “The house of the adulteress is as hades, the realm of death, haunted by the spectral shadows of the dead, the Rephaim, who have perished there.” Speaker’s Com. Psalms 88:11; Isaiah 14:9. Her paths unto the dead Lead to the region of the dead, of shadows, shades, ghosts. Zockler renders:

Her house sinketh down to death,

And her paths (lead) to the dead,

Miller, last clause, “to the shades.” The Septuagint renders the 18th verse thus: “For she has fixed her house near death, and (guided) her wheels near hades with the giants.” Comparatively few persons who give themselves up to licentious habits ever recover themselves to a virtuous life. Debauchery destroys both their soul and body.