Proverbs 22:14
The peh (mouth) of zarot (strange women) is a deep pit; 1 he that is under the wrath of Hashem shall fall therein. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
Cross References
Judges 16:20And she said, The Pelishtim be upon thee, Shimshon. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before and shake myself. And he knew not that Hashem was departed from him.
Psalms 81:12But My people would not pay heed to My voice; 1 and Yisroel would have none of Me. 1
Proverbs 5:3For the sfatayim (lips) of a zarah (strange woman) drip as a honeycomb, 1 and her mouth is smoother than shemen (olive oil); 1
Proverbs 7:5That they may be shomer over thee and keep thee from the zarah, 1 from the nokhriyah with her smooth words. 1
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more mar (bitter) than mavet the isha, whose lev is snares and traps, and her hands are as chains; whoso pleaseth HaElohim shall escape from her; but the choteh (sinner) shall be ensnared 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 →