Proverbs 2:17-19

New International Version

¹⁷who has left the partner of her youth
    and ignored the covenant she made before God.^[a]^(A)
¹⁸Surely her house leads down to death
    and her paths to the spirits of the dead.^(B)
¹⁹None who go to her return
    or attain the paths of life.^(C)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Proverbs 2:17 Or covenant of her God

Proverbs 2:17-19

New King James Version

¹⁷Who forsakes the companion of her youth,
And forgets the covenant of her God.
¹⁸For ^(A)her house ^[a]leads down to death,
And her paths to the dead;
¹⁹None who go to her return,
Nor do they ^[b]regain the paths of life—