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.

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