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Proverbs 23:26-28
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26 My child, give me your heart,
    and let your eyes observe[a] my ways.(A)
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit;
    an adulteress[b] is a narrow well.(B)
28 She lies in wait like a robber
    and increases the number of the faithless.(C)

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  1. 23.26 Or delight in
  2. 23.27 Heb alien woman
Listen to Proverbs 23:26-28, Proverbs 29:3
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Proverbs 23:26-28
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26 (A)Give me your heart, my son,
And let your eyes [a](B)delight in my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a (C)deep pit,
And a [b](D)strange woman is a narrow well.
28 Certainly she (E)lurks as a robber,
And increases the treacherous among mankind.

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  1. Proverbs 23:26 Another reading is observe
  2. Proverbs 23:27 Lit foreign
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Proverbs 29:3
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3 A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad,
    but a companion of prostitutes destroys wealth.(A)

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Proverbs 29:3
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3 A man who (A)loves wisdom makes his father glad,
But he who (B)involves himself with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

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