²⁶ For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought down to a piece of bread, and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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 lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.