Proverbs 23:27

25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

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.

29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
KJV
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
WEB
For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
ASV
For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
DARBY
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
BLB
For a prostitute [is] a deep pit, and a strange woman [is] a narrow well.
ÅB
For skjøgen er en dyp grav, og den fremmede kvinne en trang brønn;
OTB
for en promiskuøs kvinne er en dyp grav, og en utro hustru er en trang brønn.
B1930
For skjøgen er en dyp grav, og den fremmede kvinne en trang brønn;

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