14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
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And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. …
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. …
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14)This is designed to warn all young men against the lusts of uncleanness. As they regard the welfare of their souls, let them take heed of strange women , lewd women, whom they ought to be strange to, of the mouth of strange women , of the kisses of their lips (Prov. 7:13), of the words of their lips, their charms and enticements. Dread them; have nothing to do with them; for, 1. Those who abandon…
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