14 The mouth of (A)forbidden[a] women is (B)a deep pit;
    (C)he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but (D)the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
    or gives to the rich, (E)will only come to poverty.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:14 Hebrew strange

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

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

16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
    and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

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