Proverbs 22:14

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The mouth of straunge women is a deepe pit: wherein he falleth that the Lorde is angrye withall.

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  • Prov 23:27 : 27 For an whore is a deepe graue, and a straunge woman is a narowe pit.
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with her.
  • Prov 6:24-29 : 24 That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman, and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman. 25 Lust not after her beautie in thyne heart, lest thou be taken with her fayre lokes. 26 By an harlot a man is brought to beg his bread, and a woman wyll hunte for the pretious life of man. 27 May a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be brent? 28 Or can one go vpon hotte coales, and his feete not be brent? 29 Euen so, whosoeuer goeth in to his neyghbours wife and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie.
  • Prov 7:5-9 : 5 That they may kepe thee from the straunge woman, and from the forraine woman which geueth sweete wordes. 6 For at the windowe of my house I loked through the windowe, 7 And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt, 8 Goyng ouer the streate by the corner in the way towarde her house 9 In the twylight of the euening, when it began nowe to be night and darke: 10 And behold there met hym a woman with open tokens of an harlot, onlye her heart was hid: 11 She was full of loude wordes and redye to dallie, whose feete coulde not abide in the house: 12 Nowe is she without, nowe in the streates, and lyeth in wayte at euery corner. 13 She caught hym and kissed him, and was not ashamed, saying: 14 I had a vowe of peace offeringes to pay, and this day I perfourme it: 15 Therefore came I foorth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face, and so haue I founde thee. 16 I haue deckt my bed with coueringes of tapessarie, and clothes of Egypt. 17 My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre, Aloes, and Cinamon. 18 Come let vs take our fill of loue vntyll the morning, and let vs solace our selues with the pleasures of loue. 19 For the good man is not at home, he is gone farre of. 20 He hath taken the bagge of money with hym, and wyll returne at the appointed solempne feast. 21 Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flattering lippes she entised hym. 22 Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole that laugheth when he goeth to the stockes to be punished, 23 So long tyll she had wounded his lyuer with her dart: lyke as if a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowing that the perill of his life lieth thervpon. 24 Heare me now therfore O my chylde, and marke the wordes of my mouth: 25 Let not thyne heart wander in her wayes, and be not thou deceaued in her pathes. 26 For many one hath she wounded and cast downe, yea many a strong man hath ben slaine by the meanes of her. 27 Her house is the way vnto hell, and bryng men downe into the chaumbers of death.
  • Deut 32:19 : 19 The Lorde therfore sawe it, and was angry: because of the prouokyng of his sonnes and his daughters.
  • Judg 16:20-21 : 20 And she sayde, The Philistines be vp in thee Samson. And he awoke out of his sleepe, and sayde: I will go out now as at other tymes before, & shake my selfe. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from hym. 21 But the Philistines toke hym, and put out his eyes, and brought him downe to Azzah, and bounde him with fetters of brasse: and he dyd grynde in the prison house.
  • Neh 13:26 : 26 Dyd not Solomon the king of Israel sinne by these thinges? and yet among many heathen was there no king like him, which was deare vnto his God, & God made hym king ouer all Israel: and yet neuerthelesse outlandishe women caused him to sinne.
  • Ps 81:12 : 12 So I gaue them vp vnto the wicked cogitations of their owne heartes: and I did let them folowe their owne imaginations.
  • Prov 2:16-19 : 16 That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes, 17 Forsaketh the husbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God. 18 For her house is enclined vnto death, and her pathes vnto hell. 19 All they that go in vnto her, come not agayne, neither take they holde of the way of lyfe.
  • Prov 5:3-9 : 3 For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle: 4 But at the laste she is as bitter as wormewood, and as sharpe as a two edged sworde. 5 Her feete go downe vnto death, and her steppes pearce thorowe vnto hell. 6 Perchaunce thou wylt ponder the path of her lyfe: so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not know them. 7 Heare me nowe therefore O ye chyldren, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth. 8 Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house. 9 That thou geue not thy honour vnto other, and thy yeres to the cruell: 10 That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house. 11 Yea, that thou mourne not at the last, when thou hast spent thy bodye and lustie youth, and then say: 12 Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction? 13 Wherefore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and hearkened not vnto them that enfourmed me? 14 I was come almost into all misfortune, in the middest of the multitude and congregation. 15 Drinke of the water of thyne owne well, and of the riuers that runne out of thyne owne spring. 16 Let thy welles flowe out abrode, that there may be riuers of waters in the streates: 17 But let them be onlye thyne owne, and not straungers with thee. 18 Let thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the louyng Hinde and pleasaunt Roe: let her breastes alway satisfie thee, and holde thee euer content with her loue. 20 Why wylt thou my sonne haue pleasure in a straunge woman, and embrace the bosome of a straunger? 21 For euery mans wayes are open in the sight of the Lord, and he pondereth all their goynges. 22 The wickednes of the vngodly shall catche him selfe, and with the snares of his owne sinne shall he be trapped. 23 He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:27-28
    2 verses
    85%

    27 For an whore is a deepe graue, and a straunge woman is a narowe pit.

    28 She lyeth in wayte as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours amongst men.

  • Prov 5:2-6
    5 verses
    79%

    2 That thou mayest regarde good counsell, and that thy lippes may kepe knowledge.

    3 For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle:

    4 But at the laste she is as bitter as wormewood, and as sharpe as a two edged sworde.

    5 Her feete go downe vnto death, and her steppes pearce thorowe vnto hell.

    6 Perchaunce thou wylt ponder the path of her lyfe: so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not know them.

  • Prov 2:16-18
    3 verses
    78%

    16 That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes,

    17 Forsaketh the husbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God.

    18 For her house is enclined vnto death, and her pathes vnto hell.

  • Prov 7:5
    77%

    5 That they may kepe thee from the straunge woman, and from the forraine woman which geueth sweete wordes.

  • Prov 6:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24 That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman, and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman.

    25 Lust not after her beautie in thyne heart, lest thou be taken with her fayre lokes.

    26 By an harlot a man is brought to beg his bread, and a woman wyll hunte for the pretious life of man.

  • Prov 23:33
    76%

    33 Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women, and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges:

  • Prov 5:20
    75%

    20 Why wylt thou my sonne haue pleasure in a straunge woman, and embrace the bosome of a straunger?

  • Eccl 7:26
    73%

    26 And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with her.

  • Prov 7:25-27
    3 verses
    72%

    25 Let not thyne heart wander in her wayes, and be not thou deceaued in her pathes.

    26 For many one hath she wounded and cast downe, yea many a strong man hath ben slaine by the meanes of her.

    27 Her house is the way vnto hell, and bryng men downe into the chaumbers of death.

  • Prov 5:8
    72%

    8 Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house.

  • Ezek 16:32
    72%

    32 But as a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, and taketh other in steede of her husbande.

  • Prov 7:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10 And behold there met hym a woman with open tokens of an harlot, onlye her heart was hid:

    11 She was full of loude wordes and redye to dallie, whose feete coulde not abide in the house:

    12 Nowe is she without, nowe in the streates, and lyeth in wayte at euery corner.

  • Prov 7:21-23
    3 verses
    72%

    21 Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flattering lippes she entised hym.

    22 Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole that laugheth when he goeth to the stockes to be punished,

    23 So long tyll she had wounded his lyuer with her dart: lyke as if a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowing that the perill of his life lieth thervpon.

  • Prov 18:7
    71%

    7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.

  • Prov 11:22
    71%

    22 A faire woman without discrete maners, is lyke a ryng of golde in a swines snoute.

  • Prov 30:20
    71%

    20 Such is the way also of a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth her mouth lyke as when she hath eaten, and sayth, as for me I haue done no wickednesse.

  • Mic 7:5
    70%

    5 Let no man beleeue his friende, nor put his confidence in his brother: kepe the doore of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome.

  • Ps 7:15
    70%

    15 He hath made a graue and digged it: but he hym selfe wyll fall into the pit whiche he hath made.

  • Prov 22:5
    70%

    5 Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that doth kepe his soule, wyll flee farre from them.

  • Prov 17:20
    70%

    20 Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.

  • Prov 26:27
    70%

    27 Who so diggeth vp a pit, shal fall therin: and he that rolleth vp a stone, it wyl returne vpon hym.

  • Prov 20:16
    70%

    16 Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger: and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake.

  • Prov 14:1
    70%

    1 Wyse women vpholde their house: but a foolishe wyfe plucketh it downe.

  • Prov 22:13
    70%

    13 The slouthfull body saith there is a Lion without: I might be slaine in the streate.

  • Prov 4:24
    70%

    24 Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee.

  • Prov 18:4
    70%

    4 The wordes of a wyse mans mouth are lyke deepe waters: and the well of wisdome is like a full streame.

  • Prov 27:13
    70%

    13 Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger, and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake.

  • Prov 9:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13 A foolishe retchlesse woman full of wordes, and suche a one as hath no knowledge,

    14 Sitteth at the doore of her house, and in the hye places of the citie,

  • Prov 6:32
    69%

    32 But whoso committeth adultrie with a woman, lacketh vnderstanding: and he that doth it, destroyeth his owne soule.

  • Eccl 10:12
    69%

    12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.

  • Prov 21:9
    69%

    9 It is better to dwel in a corner on the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.

  • Prov 19:14
    69%

    14 House and riches may a man haue by the heritage of his elders: but a discrete woman is the gyft of the Lorde.

  • Prov 10:14
    69%

    14 Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.

  • Prov 28:10
    69%

    10 Who so causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shall fall into his owne pit: but the iust shall haue the good in possession.