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26 My son, give me your heart;
    and let your eyes keep in my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit;
    and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28 Yes, she lies in wait like a robber,
    and increases the unfaithful among men.

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:26 Another reading is, observe
  2. Proverbs 23:28 Or, as for a prey

Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father;
    but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

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

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