Proverbs 22:14
A deep pit is the mouth of adulterous women: he that hath obtained the indignation of the Lord will fall thereinto.
Leeser Tanakh
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 saith, There is a lion without, in the midst of the streets shall I be murdered.
15When folly is bound fast to the heart of a lad, the rod of correction must remove it far from him.
Cross References
Judges 16:20And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and thought, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself free. But he knew not that the Lord had departed from him.
Psalms 81:12(81:13) So I let them go in the stubbornness of their own hearts: and they walked in their own counsels.
Proverbs 5:3For as of fine honey drop the lips of an adulterous woman, and smoother than oil is her palate;
Proverbs 7:5That they may keep thee from an adulterous woman, from an alien that useth flattering speeches.
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find as more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bonds: he that is deemed good before God will escape from her; but the sinner will be caught 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 →