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Proverbs 22:14

American Standard Version

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

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Proverbs 22:14 in other translations

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit.
He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.

Proverbs 22:14 · World English Bible

Proverbs 22:14 in context

  1. 12The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
  2. 13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.
  3. 14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
  4. 15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
  5. 16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, And he that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.