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Proverbs 9:18
Proverbs 9:18 is verse 18 of Proverbs chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Hebrew the Rephaim
King James Version
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
World English Bible
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Sheol is the place of the dead.
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Proverbs 9:16–18 · Berean Standard Bible
16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
17 “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Psalms 82:5They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
2 Peter 3:5But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
Proverbs 2:18For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
Proverbs 2:19None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
Proverbs 6:26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
Proverbs 7:27Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.