After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did.
The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.
For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well.
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of such women? Among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, foreign women made even him to sin.
Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,
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