Proverbs 22:14

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Summary

Proverbs 22:14

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

Mouth

Abhorred

Deuteronomy 32:19

Psalm 81:12

General references

Judges 16:6

Proverbs 23:27

Bible References

Mouth

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,
from a stranger with her flattering talk,

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey
and her words are smoother than oil,

They will protect you from an evil woman,
from the flattering tongue of a stranger.

She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
a stranger with her flattering talk.

For a prostitute is a deep pit,
and a stranger is a narrow well;

Then she cried, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When he awoke from his sleep, he said, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.

Didn’t King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations. He was loved by his God and God made him king over all Israel, yet foreign women drew him into sin.

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, her heart a net, and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

Abhorred

When the Lord saw this, He despised them,
provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own plans.

General references

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me, where does your great strength come from? How could someone tie you up and make you helpless?”

For a prostitute is a deep pit,
and a stranger is a narrow well;