The mouth of a transgressor is a deep pit; and he that is hated of the Lord shall fall into it. Evil ways are before a man, and he does not like to turn away from them; but it is needful to turn aside from a perverse and bad way.
LXX2012
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of a transgressor is a deep pit; and he that is hated of the Lord shall fall into it. Evil ways are before a man, and he does not like to turn away from them; but it is needful to turn aside from a perverse and bad way.
Parallel 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 Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:26Proverbs 23:27Proverbs 6:24–29Proverbs 7:5–27Nehemiah 13:26Proverbs 2:16–19Psalms 81:12Judges 16:20–21Deuteronomy 32:19Proverbs 5:3–23
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