26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
    but another man’s wife preys on your very life.(A)

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26 because the price of a whore is a loaf of bread,
    and an adulterous woman stalks a man’s precious life.

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Saying 18

26 My son,(A) give me your heart
    and let your eyes delight in my ways,(B)
27 for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,(C)
    and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28 Like a bandit she lies in wait(D)
    and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

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26 Give me your heart, my son,
    and keep your eyes fixed on my ways,
27 because a prostitute is a deep pit,
    and the adulterous[a] woman a narrow well.
28 Surely she lies in wait like a bandit,
    increasing those who are faithless among mankind.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:27 Lit. foreign