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Proverbs 22:14
A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.
Proverbs 22:14 · Young's Literal Translation
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Proverbs 22:14 in other translations
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under the LORD’s wrath will fall into it.
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In context
11 Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace are his lips, a king is his friend.
12 The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.
13 The slothful hath said, `A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'
14 A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.
16 He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich--only to want.
17 Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,
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