Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; 1 Yahweh's anger is stirred up against anyone who falls into it. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
13The lazy person says, “There is a lion in the street! 1 I will be killed in the open places.” 1
15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, 1 but the rod of discipline drives it far away. 1
Cross References
Judges 16:20She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” He woke up out of his sleep and said, “I will get out like the other times and shake myself free.” But he did not know that Yahweh had left him.
Psalms 81:12So I gave them over to their own stubborn way 1 so that they might do what seemed right to them. 1
Proverbs 5:3For the lips of an adulteress drip with honey 1 and her mouth is smoother than oil, 1
Proverbs 7:5in order to keep yourself from the adulterous woman, 1 from the immoral woman with her smooth words. 1
Ecclesiastes 7:26I found that more bitter than death is any woman 2 whose heart is full of snares and nets, 2 and whose hands are chains. 1 Whoever pleases God will escape from her, 2 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 →