Proverbs 22:14 Cross References - Thomson

¹⁴ The mouth of a transgressor is a deep ditch; and he who is hated of the Lord shall fall into it. There are bad ways before a man and he loveth not to avoid them: but he ought to avoid a crooked and bad way.

¹⁹ And the Lord saw, and was provoked to jealousy; He was provoked at the temper of his sons and daughters,

²⁰ And when Dalida said, The Philistines are upon thee Sampson! He awoke from his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times heretofore, and rouse myself. He indeed did not know that the Lord had departed from him. ²¹ Then the Philistines seized him and put out his eyes, and carried him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass, and he was kept grinding in the prison house.

²⁶ Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by doing so? Though among many nations there was not a king like him? Though he was beloved by God, and God had made him king over all Israel, yet strange women led him astray.

¹² Therefore I gave them up to the devices of their own hearts. Let them walk in their own devices.

¹⁶ and estrange thee from a just determination. ¹⁷ My son, let not evil counsel, who hath forsaken the discipline of youth and hath forgotten the divine covenant, take hold of thee. ¹⁸ For she hath placed her house near death; and her wheels with the earth born near the mansion of the dead. ¹⁹ None who walk by her direction can ever return; nor ever recover the right paths.

³ for honey droppeth from the lips of a harlot, which for a while pleaseth thy palate; ⁴ but in the end thou wilt find it bitterer than gall, and sharper than a two edged sword. ⁵ For the feet of folly lead them, who indulge themselves with her, down with death to the mansion of the dead. Her steps indeed are not established, ⁶ for she walketh not in the ways of life. Her paths are slippery and not easily known. ⁷ Now therefore, my son, hearken to me and slight not my words. ⁸ Remove thy way far from her, go not near the doors of her house; ⁹ That thou mayst not give thy life to others, and thy substance to the cruel: ¹⁰ that strangers may not be filled with thy wealth, and thy labours go into the houses of strangers, ¹¹ and thou at last be grieved. When the flesh of thy body is consumed, ¹² then thou wilt say, "How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof! ¹³ I hearkened not to the voice of him who instructed me and taught me; nor have I inclined mine ear. ¹⁴ I have been almost in all evil, in the midst of the assembly and congregation." ¹⁵ Drink water from thine own vessels, and from the wells of thine own fountain. ¹⁶ Let not the waters from thy fountain over flow for thee; but let thy waters run in thine own streets. ¹⁷ Let them be for thyself only, and let no stranger partake with thee. ¹⁸ Let thy fountain of water be appropriate to thyself; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. ¹⁹ Let thy loving hind and graceful fawn converse with thee; and let her be accounted peculiarly thine, and be with thee on all occasions. For ravished with her love thou wilt become a numerous family. ²⁰ Be not devoted to a strange woman, nor embraced in the arms of one not thine own. ²¹ For the ways of a husband are before the eyes of God, and he examineth narrowly all his paths. ²² Iniquities hunt a man; but every one is caught by the cords of his own sins. ²³ Such a one dieth with the uninstructed, but from his plentiful means of living he was cast out, and perished by reason of folly.

²⁴ to keep thee from a married woman; and from the flattering tongue of a strange woman. ²⁵ Let not a lust for beauty overcome thee: be not captivated by thine eyes, nor ensnared by her eyelids. ²⁶ For the price of a harlot is scarce that of a single loaf; but an adulteress hunteth for the precious lives of men. ²⁷ Can any one put fire in his bosom and not burn his clothes? ²⁸ Or can one walk on coals of fire and not burn his feet? ²⁹ So he who goeth in, to a married woman, cannot escape punishment; no, nor any one who toucheth her.

⁵ that she may keep thee from a strange and wicked woman, in case she, with alluring words should attack thee. ⁶ For through a lattice she looketh out of her house into the streets; ⁷ and if among the simple youths she chanceth to see a young man, void of understanding, ⁸ walking near a corner in the passages to her house, ⁹ and talking in the twilight, when the evening is still and duskish: ¹⁰ then this woman, who maketh the hearts of young men flutter, meeteth him, in the attire of a harlot. ¹¹ Indeed she is ever on the wing and insatiable, and her feet abide not at home. ¹² For sometimes she roveth abroad: and sometimes lieth in wait in the streets, at every corner. ¹³ Ha! she hath caught him and kissed him, and with an unblushing countenance, said to him: ¹⁴ "I have a peace offering; today I am paying my vows: ¹⁵ for this reason I came out to meet thee: earnestly longing to see thee. ¹⁶ I have found thee. With cords I have stretched my bed, and decked it with tapestry from Egypt. ¹⁷ I have perfumed my bed with saffron, and my house with cinnamon: ¹⁸ come, and let us take our fill of love till the morning: come and let us solace ourselves with love. ¹⁹ For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey; ²⁰ he took in his hand a roll of silver, and will return to his house after many days." ²¹ So with much fawning discourse she led him astray; and with the flattery of her lips inveigled him. ²² And he is gone after her, attracted by her; as an ox is led to slaughter, or as a dog to be chained: or like a deer pierced through the liver with a dart. ²³ And he hasteth like a bird to a snare; not knowing that he is running the risk of his life. ²⁴ Now therefore ray son hearken to me; and attend to the words of my mouth. ²⁵ Let not thy heart turn aside to her ways: ²⁶ for she hath wounded and brought down many; and innumerable are they whom she hath slain. ²⁷ Her house is the highway to Hades, leading down to the chambers of death.

²⁷ For a strange house is a hogshead full of holes: and a strange well is narrow.

²⁶ That bitterer than death is that whole class of women who are prostitutes. Though their heart is nets and their hands chains, he who is good in the sight of God shall be delivered from them; but a sinner shall be taken by them.