12 The eyes of the Lord preserve [a]knowledge: but he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

13 The slothful man saith, [b]A lion is without, I shall be slain in the street.

14 The mouth of strange women is as a deep pit: he with whom the Lord is angry, [c]shall fall therein.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:12 Favor them that love knowledge.
  2. Proverbs 22:13 He derideth them that invent vain excuses, because they would not do their duty.
  3. Proverbs 22:14 So God punisheth one sin by another, when he suffereth the wicked to fall into the acquaintance of an harlot.

12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
    but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!(A)
    I’ll be killed in the public square!”

14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;(B)
    a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.(C)

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