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25 Let your father and your mother be glad,
let she who bore you rejoice!
26 My son, give your heart to me,
and let your eyes observe my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit,
an adulterous woman is a narrow pit.

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25 May your father and mother rejoice;
    may she who gave you birth be joyful!(A)

Saying 18

26 My son,(B) give me your heart
    and let your eyes delight in my ways,(C)
27 for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,(D)
    and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

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