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Proverbs 23:27

American Standard Version

For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

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Proverbs 23:27 in other translations

For a prostitute is a deep pit;
and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

Proverbs 23:27 · World English Bible

Proverbs 23:27 in context

  1. 25Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.
  2. 26My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.
  3. 27For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
  4. 28Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
  5. 29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?