Devine Scripture

Proverbs 22:14

Proverbs chapter 22 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

Context

v.13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.

v.14This passage

v.15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; Butthe rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 7:5

    That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

  • Proverbs 23:27

    For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

  • Proverbs 2:16

    To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

  • Judges 16:20

    And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he knew not that Jehovah was departed from him.

  • Proverbs 5:3

    For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

  • Nehemiah 13:26

    Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.