Proverbs 22:14 Cross References - CAB

¹⁴ The mouth of a transgressor is a deep pit, and he that is hated of the Lord shall fall into it. ^(22:14A) 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.

¹⁹ And the Lord saw, and was jealous; and was provoked by the anger of His sons and daughters,

²⁰ And Delilah said, The Philistines are upon you, Sampson. And he awoke out of his sleep and said, I will go out as at former times, and shake myself; and he knew not that the Lord had departed from him. ²¹ And the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he became a grinder in the prison house.

²⁶ Did not Solomon king of Israel sin thus? Yet there was no king like him among many nations, and he was beloved of God, and God made him king over all Israel; yet strange women turned him aside.

¹² So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts; they will go on in their own ways.

¹⁶ to remove you far from the straight way, and to estrange you from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake you, ¹⁷ of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and has forgotten the covenant of God. ¹⁸ For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the giants. ¹⁹ None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they have not apprehended of the years of life.

³ for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases your palate; ⁴ but afterwards you will find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword. ⁵ For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death, and her steps are not established. ⁶ For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known. ⁷ Now then my son, hear me, and make not my words of no effect. ⁸ Remove your way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house: ⁹ lest you give away your life to others, and your substance to the merciless; ¹⁰ lest strangers be filled with your strength, and your labors come into the houses of strangers; ¹¹ And you repent at last, when the flesh of your body is consumed, ¹² and you shall say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs! ¹³ I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I incline my ear. ¹⁴ I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. ¹⁵ Drink waters out of your own vessels, and out of your own springing wells. ¹⁶ Let not waters out of your fountain be spilled by you, but let your waters go into your streets. ¹⁷ Let them be yours alone, and let no stranger partake with you. ¹⁸ Let your fountain of water be truly your own, and rejoice with the wife of your youth. ¹⁹ Let your loving deer and your graceful colt company with you, and let her be considered your own, and be with you at all times, for ravished with her love you shall be greatly increased. ²⁰ Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold yourself in the arms of a woman not your own. ²¹ For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and He looks on all his paths. ²² Iniquities ensnare a man, and everyone is bound in the chains of his own sins. ²³ Such a man dies with the uninstructed, and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly.

²⁴ to keep you continually from a married woman, and from the flattery of a strange tongue. ²⁵ Let not the desire of beauty overcome you, neither be caught by her eyes, or captivated with her eyelids. ²⁶ For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf of bread, and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men. ²⁷ Shall anyone bind fire in his bosom, and not burn his garments? ²⁸ Or will anyone walk on coals of fire, and not burn his feet? ²⁹ So is he that goes in to a married woman; he shall not be held guiltless, neither anyone that touches her.

⁵ that she may keep you from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail you with flattering words. ⁶ For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man devoid of understanding, ⁷ passing by the corner in the passages near her house, ⁸ and speaking, in the dark of the evening, ⁹ when there happens to be the stillness of night and of darkness: ¹⁰ and the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, that causes the hearts of young men to flutter. ¹¹ And she is fickle and rebellious, and her feet abide not at home. ¹² For at one time she wanders outside, and at another time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner. ¹³ Then she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him, ¹⁴ I have a peace offering; today I pay my vows: ¹⁵ therefore I came forth to meet you, desiring your face; and I have found you. ¹⁶ I have spread my bed with sheets, and I have covered it with double tapestry from Egypt. ¹⁷ I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, and my house with cinnamon. ¹⁸ Come, and let us enjoy love until the morning; come, and let us embrace in love. ¹⁹ For my husband is not at home, and has gone on a long journey, ²⁰ having taken in his hand a bundle of money: after many days he will return to his house. ²¹ So with much conversation she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips forced him from the right path. ²² And he followed her, being gently led on, as that of an ox led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a deer shot in the liver with an arrow: ²³ and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life. ²⁴ Now then my son, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth. ²⁵ Let not your heart turn aside to her ways, ²⁶ for she has wounded and cast down many, and those whom she has slain are innumerable. ²⁷ Her house is the way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death.

²⁷ For a strange house is a vessel full of holes, and a strange well is narrow.

²⁶ And I find her to be, and I will pronounce to be more bitter than death, the woman which is a snare, and her heart nets, who has a band in her hands. He that is good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.