Proverbs 22:14

New English Translation

The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:26

Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin!

Psalm 81:12

I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.

Proverbs 23:27

for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

Deuteronomy 32:19

But the Lord took note and despised them because his sons and daughters enraged him.