None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
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Gill's Exposition
None that go unto her return again,.... That is, those that commit whoredom with her return not again by repentance, and to a sober and chaste way of living, at least but very few; hence some of the…
Barnes' Notes
The words describe more than the fatal persistency of the sinful habit when once formed. A resurrection from that world of the dead to “the paths of life” is all but impossible.
The scope of these verses is to show, 1. What great advantage true wisdom will be of to us; it will keep us from the paths of sin, which lead to ruin, and will therein do us a greater kindness than if…
Cambridge Bible
take they hold of Rather, reach, or (R.V.) attain unto.
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