Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.
15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.
Cross References
Judges 16:20And she said: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And awaking from sleep, he said in his mind: I will go out as I did before, and shake myself, not knowing that the Lord was departed from him.
Psalms 81:12But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.
Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.
Proverbs 7:5That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.
Ecclesiastes 7:26I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent:
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 →