²⁶ My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

²⁷ For a whore is a deep ditch and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

²⁸ She also lies in wait as for a prey and increases the transgressors among men.

³ ¶ Whosoever loves wisdom causes his father to rejoice, but he that maintains harlots shall lose his inheritance.