Proverbs 23:25-27

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²⁵Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice.

²⁶My child, give me your heart,
and let your eyes observe^[a] my ways.^(A)
²⁷For a prostitute is a deep pit;
an adulteress^[b] is a narrow well.^(B)

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23.26 Or delight in
23.27 Heb alien woman

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