Proverbs 22:14
12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
- KJV
- The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
- WEB
- The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under the LORD’s wrath will fall into it.
- ASV
- The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
- DARBY
- The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.
- BLB
- The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit; the abhorred of YHWH will fall there.
- ÅB
- Fremmed kvinnes munn er en dyp grav; den Herren er vred på, faller i den.
- OTB
- Munnen til en utro kvinne er en dyp grop; den som er forbannet av Herren vil falle i den.
- B1930
- Fremmed kvinnes munn er en dyp grav; den Herren er vred på, faller i den.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Read in contextProverbs 23:27
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Read in contextProverbs 6:24–29
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Read in contextNehemiah 13:26
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
Read in contextProverbs 7:5–27
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Read in contextJudges 16:20–21
And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
Read in contextProverbs 2:16–19
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Read in contextPsalms 81:12
So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
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