²⁶ My son, give me thy heart;
And let thine eyes ^[a]delight in my ways.
²⁷ For a harlot is a deep ditch;
And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
²⁸ Yea, she lieth in wait ^[b]as a robber,
And increaseth the treacherous among men.

³ Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father;
But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.