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Proverbs 23

Prov. 23:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For a whore
zanah (Hebrew #2181)
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
KJV usage: (cause to) commit fornication, X continually, X great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.
Pronounce: zaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton)
is a deep
`amoq (Hebrew #6013)
deep (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (X exceeding) deep (thing).
Pronounce: aw-moke'
Origin: from 6009
ditch
shuwchah (Hebrew #7745)
a chasm
KJV usage: ditch, pit.
Pronounce: shoo-khaw'
Origin: from 7743
s; and a strange woman
nokriy (Hebrew #5237)
strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
KJV usage: alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).
Pronounce: nok-ree'
Origin: from 5235 (second form)
is a narrow
tsar (Hebrew #6862)
from 6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
KJV usage: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: tsar
Origin: or tsar {tsawr}
pit
'er (Hebrew #875)
a pit; especially a well
KJV usage: pit, well.
Pronounce: be-ayr'
Origin: from 874
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Prov. 22:14• 14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein. (Prov. 22:14)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 22:14• 14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein. (Prov. 22:14)
• Compare Proverbs 7; see the notes. If the young man would be preserved from impurity and ensnarement of soul, God must have his heart. None are safe who allow their affections to be fixed on objects “under the sun.” Everywhere are there to be found those who would decoy from the paths of truth and virtue. (“Proverbs Twenty-Three” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.