Proverbs 22:14

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Prov 23:27 : 27 For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. [
  • Prov 6:24-29 : 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue. 25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids. 26 For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life. 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned? 28 Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched? 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
  • Prov 7:5-9 : 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words. 6 For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice; 7 And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness. 10 And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart. 11 (She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.) 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, [And] with an impudent face she said unto him: 14 Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows. 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. 17 I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves. 19 For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey: 20 He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon. 21 With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along. 22 He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool; 23 Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life. 24 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host. 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.
  • Deut 32:19 : 19 And Jehovah saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
  • Judg 16:20-21 : 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. 21 And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.
  • Neh 13:26 : 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.
  • Ps 81:12 : 12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.
  • Prov 2:16-19 : 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words; 17 That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God: 18 For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead; 19 None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:
  • Prov 5:3-9 : 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol; 6 So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not. 7 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth. 8 Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house; 9 Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel; 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien, 11 And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; 13 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! 14 I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation. 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. 16 Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets? 17 Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. 19 [ As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love. 20 For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths. 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. 23 He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:27-28
    2 verses
    85%

    27For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

    28Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.

  • Prov 5:2-6
    5 verses
    79%

    2That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

    3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

    4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

    5Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;

    6So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.

  • Prov 2:16-18
    3 verses
    78%

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

    17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

    18For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

  • Prov 7:5
    77%

    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 6:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

    25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

    26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

  • Prov 23:33
    76%

    33Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

  • Prov 5:20
    75%

    20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

  • Eccl 7:26
    73%

    26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. [

  • Prov 7:25-27
    3 verses
    72%

    25Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

    26For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

    27Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.

  • Prov 5:8
    72%

    8Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

  • Ezek 16:32
    72%

    32A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!

  • Prov 7:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

    11(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:

    12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)

  • Prov 7:21-23
    3 verses
    72%

    21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

    22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;

    23Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

  • Prov 18:7
    71%

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Prov 11:22
    71%

    22[ As] a ring of gold in a swine's snout, [So is] a fair woman that is without discretion.

  • Prov 30:20
    71%

    20So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

  • Mic 7:5
    70%

    5Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

  • Ps 7:15
    70%

    15He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

  • Prov 22:5
    70%

    5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

  • Prov 17:20
    70%

    20He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • Prov 26:27
    70%

    27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.

  • Prov 20:16
    70%

    16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.

  • Prov 14:1
    70%

    1Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.

  • Prov 22:13
    70%

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

  • Prov 4:24
    70%

    24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Prov 18:4
    70%

    4The words of a man's mouth are [as] deep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is [as] a flowing brook.

  • Prov 27:13
    70%

    13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman.

  • Prov 9:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13The foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knoweth nothing.

    14And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,

  • Prov 6:32
    69%

    32He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

  • Eccl 10:12
    69%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

  • Prov 21:9
    69%

    9It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

  • Prov 19:14
    69%

    14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

  • Prov 10:14
    69%

    14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

  • Prov 28:10
    69%

    10Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good.