Proverbs 22:13-15

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹³The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.

¹⁴The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.

¹⁵Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.

Proverbs 22:13-15

New International Version

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

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

¹⁵Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.^(D)

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)

New International Version (NIV)