Proverbs 22:14

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Prov 23:27 : 27 For a prostitute is a deep pit; And a wayward wife is a narrow well.
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
  • Prov 6:24-29 : 24 To keep you from the immoral woman, From the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue. 25 Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, Neither let her captivate you with her eyelids. 26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life. 27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap, And his clothes not be burned? 28 Or can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be scorched? 29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
  • Prov 7:5-9 : 5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, From the foreigner who flatters with her words. 6 For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice. 7 I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner, 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 Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, And with crafty intent. 11 She is loud and defiant. Her feet don't stay in her house. 12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, And lurking at every corner. 13 So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him: 14 "Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me. This day I have paid my vows. 15 Therefore I came out to meet you, To diligently seek your face, And I have found you. 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's take our fill of loving until the morning. Let's solace ourselves with loving. 19 For my husband isn't at home. He has gone on a long journey. 20 He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon." 21 With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him. 22 He followed her immediately, As an ox goes to the slaughter, As a fool stepping into a noose. 23 Until an arrow strikes through his liver, As a bird hurries to the snare, And doesn't know that it will cost his life. 24 Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth. 25 Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't go astray in her paths, 26 For she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, 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 Yahweh saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
  • Judg 16:20-21 : 20 She said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. He awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he didn't know that Yahweh had departed from him. 21 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 hearts, That they might walk in their own counsels.
  • Prov 2:16-19 : 16 To deliver you from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner who flatters with her words; 17 Who forsakes the friend of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God: 18 For her house leads down to death, Her paths to the dead. 19 None who go to her return again, Neither do they attain to the paths of life:
  • Prov 5:3-9 : 3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, 4 But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, And as sharp as a two-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol. 6 She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it. 7 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth. 8 Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house, 9 Lest you give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one; 10 Lest strangers feast on your wealth, And your labors enrich another man's house. 11 You will groan at your latter end, When your flesh and your body are consumed, 12 And say, "How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; 13 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor turned my ear to those who instructed me! 14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin, In the midst of the gathered assembly." 15 Drink water out of your own cistern, Running water out of your own well. 16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, Streams of water in the public squares? 17 Let them be for yourself alone, Not for strangers with you. 18 Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19 A loving doe and a graceful deer-- Let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love. 20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another? 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths. 22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. 23 He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:27-28
    2 verses
    85%

    27 For a prostitute is a deep pit; And a wayward wife is a narrow well.

    28 Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, And increases the unfaithful among men.

  • Prov 5:2-6
    5 verses
    79%

    2 That you may maintain discretion, That your lips may preserve knowledge.

    3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

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

    5 Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.

    6 She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.

  • Prov 2:16-18
    3 verses
    78%

    16 To deliver you from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

    17 Who forsakes the friend of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God:

    18 For her house leads down to death, Her paths to the dead.

  • Prov 7:5
    77%

    5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 6:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24 To keep you from the immoral woman, From the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

    25 Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, Neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

    26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

  • Prov 23:33
    76%

    33 Your eyes will see strange things, And your mind will imagine confusing things.

  • Prov 5:20
    75%

    20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

  • Eccl 7:26
    73%

    26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

  • Prov 7:25-27
    3 verses
    72%

    25 Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't go astray in her paths,

    26 For she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty host.

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

  • Prov 5:8
    72%

    8 Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,

  • Ezek 16:32
    72%

    32 A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!

  • Prov 7:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10 Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, And with crafty intent.

    11 She is loud and defiant. Her feet don't stay in her house.

    12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, And lurking at every corner.

  • Prov 7:21-23
    3 verses
    72%

    21 With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

    22 He followed her immediately, As an ox goes to the slaughter, As a fool stepping into a noose.

    23 Until an arrow strikes through his liver, As a bird hurries to the snare, And doesn't know that it will cost his life.

  • Prov 18:7
    71%

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

  • Prov 11:22
    71%

    22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, Is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

  • Prov 30:20
    71%

    20 So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

  • Mic 7:5
    70%

    5 Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, Be careful of the words of your mouth!

  • Ps 7:15
    70%

    15 He has dug a hole, And has fallen into the pit which he made.

  • Prov 22:5
    70%

    5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: Whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Prov 17:20
    70%

    20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, And one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 26:27
    70%

    27 Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

  • Prov 20:16
    70%

    16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; And hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

  • Prov 14:1
    70%

    1 Every wise woman builds her house, But the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

  • Prov 22:13
    70%

    13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

  • Prov 4:24
    70%

    24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

  • Prov 18:4
    70%

    4 The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

  • Prov 27:13
    70%

    13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger; Hold it for a wayward woman!

  • Prov 9:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13 The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.

    14 She sits at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,

  • Prov 6:32
    69%

    32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

  • Eccl 10:12
    69%

    12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

  • Prov 21:9
    69%

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

  • Prov 19:14
    69%

    14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

  • Prov 10:14
    69%

    14 Wise men lay up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

  • Prov 28:10
    69%

    10 Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, He will fall into his own trap; But the blameless will inherit good.