Proverbs 23:27

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Proverbs 23:27

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.

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KJV

King James Version

For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.

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WEB

World English Bible

For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

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ASV

American Standard Version

For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Proverbs 23

²⁵ May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!

²⁶ My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

²⁷ For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.

²⁸ Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

²⁹ Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?

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