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Proverbs 22:14

World English Bible

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

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Proverbs 22:14 in other translations

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

Proverbs 22:14 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 22:14 in context

  1. 12Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge;
    but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
  2. 13The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
    I will be killed in the streets!”
  3. 14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit.
    He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.
  4. 15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child:
    the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
  5. 16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich,
    both come to poverty.