Proverbs 7:24

FINAL WORD OF WARNING - THE EPILOGUE

"Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me,

And attend to the words of my mouth.

Let not thy heart decline to her ways;

Go not astray in her paths.

For she hath cast down many wounded:

Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

Her house is the way to Sheol,

Going down to the chambers of death."

"The defense advised here is threefold. (1) Guard your mind. One is in danger as soon as his mind wanders in her direction. (2) Keep away. Avoid all contact, literally, as well as mentally. (3) Look past her, farther down the road, to the countless slain, to the chambers of death."[22]

"Her slain are a mighty host" (Proverbs 7:26). "We think of Samson, and David, and Solomon, mighty men indeed, who were victims of illicit love and suffered for it."[23] "The house of the evil woman is here compared to a field of battle strewn with the corpses of the many slain."[24]