Proverbs 22:14

“The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit, etc.] The mouth of harlots; the kisses of their mouth, their fair speech and flattering words, their amorous talk, and lascivious and wanton language, ensnare and draw unwary persons to commit lewdness with them, which bring them into a pit of ruin and destruction; a filthy one, and very deep, out of which it is not easy nor usual to be extricated: the allusion is to beasts taken in a pit dug for them; and these are as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed; he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein; who has been guilty of other sins, and such as have caused the Lord to abhor him, and therefore leaves him to fall into this:…”

“The mouth--or flattering speeches (Pro 5:3; Pro 7:5) ensnare man, as pits, beasts. God makes their own sin their punishment.”

“The fall of the man into the snare of the harlot seems to be the consequence of the abhorrence or wrath of Yahweh. That abhorrence is, however, the result of previous evil. The man is left to himself, and sin becomes the penalty of sin. return to 'Top of Page'”

“The mouth - Her fair and flattering speeches. Proverbs 22:15”

“22:14 An immoral woman, using flattery and seduction, tries to trap a young man to commit sin.”

“mouth: Pro 2:16-19, 5:3-23, Pro 6:24-29, 7:5-27, Pro 23:27; Jdg 16:20, Jdg 16:21; Neh 13:26; Ecc 7:26 a deep pit: That is, it is like a deep pit, or pitfall, in which animals are often taken alive. abhorred: Deu 32:19; Psa 81:12 Proverbs 22:15”

“14 A deep pit is the mouth of a strange woman; He that is cursed of God falleth therein. The first line appears in a different form as a synonymous distich, Pro 23:27. The lxx translate στόμα παρανόμου without certainly indicating which word they here read, whether רע ( Pro 4:14), or רשׁע ( Pro 29:12), or נלוז ( Pro 3:32). Pro 23:27 is adduced in support of זרות (vid., Pro 2:16); זנות (harlots) are meant, and it is not necessary thus to read with Ewald. The mouth of this strange woman or depraved Israelitess is a deep ditch (שׁוּחה עמקּה, otherwise עמקה, as Pro 23:27, where also occurs עמוּקה (Note: The text to Immanuel's Comment. (Naples 1487) has in both instances עמוּקה.) namely, a…”