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Proverbs 22:14

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

KJV

Fovea profunda os alienæ : cui iratus est Dominus, incidet in eam.

Vulgate

βόθρος βαθὺς στόμα παρανόμου, ὁ δὲ μισηθεὶς ὑπὸ Κυρίου ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς αὐτόν. [1] εἰσὶν ὁδοὶ κακαὶ ἐνώπιον ἀνδρός, καὶ οὐκ ἀγαπᾷ τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι ἀπ’ αὐτῶν· ἀποστρέφειν δὲ δεῖ ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ σκολιᾶς καὶ κακῆς.

LXX

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

ASV

שׁוּחָ֣ה עֲ֭מֻקָּה פִּ֣י זָר֑וֹת זְע֥וּם יְ֝הוָ֗ה יפול יִפָּל שָֽׁם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה
h
adverb · 827×
זָ֑ר
zr
verb · 76×
זָעַ֥ם
z'm
verb · 12×
י
y
noun · 496×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
עָמֹ֖ק
'mq
adjective · 17×
שׁוּחָה֙
shvchh
noun · 5×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 11:1 — But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
  • 1Kgs 21:25 — But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
  • Eccl 7:26 — And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
  • Eccl 7:26 — And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
  • Gen 39:8 — But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
  • Gen 39:10 — And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
  • Job 31:9 — If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
  • Judg 16:4 — And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
  • Neh 13:26 — Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outl
  • Prov 2:16 — To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
  • Prov 2:16 — To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
  • Prov 6:24 — To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
  • Prov 7:5 — That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
  • Prov 23:27 — For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
  • Prov 23:27 — For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
  • Prov 23:28 — She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.