Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
In Context
13The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
Cross References
Judges 16:20Then she said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And awaking from his sleep, he said, I will go out as at other times, shaking myself free. But he was not conscious that the Lord had gone from him.
Psalms 81:12\81:11\But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.
Proverbs 5:3For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
Proverbs 7:5So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:14
13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. Note, 1. Those that have no love for their business will never want excuses to shake it off. Multitudes are ruined, both for soul and body, by their slothfulness, and yet still they have something or other to say for themselves, so ingenious are men in putting a cheat upon their own souls. And who, I pray, will be the gainer at last, when the pretences will be all rejected as vain and frivolous? 2. Many frighten themselves from… Read the whole commentary →