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Proverbs 23:26–28

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Saying 18

My son,k give me your heart

and let your eyes delight in my ways,l

for an adulterous woman is a deep pitm

and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

Like a bandit she lies in wait,n

and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

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Cross references

  1. kPr 5:1–6
  2. l Ps 18:21
  3. m Pr 22:14
  4. nPr 7:11–12

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My son, give me your heart,

and let your eyes observe my ways.

For a prostitute is a deep pit;

an adulteress is a narrow well.

She lies in wait like a robber

and increases the traitors among mankind.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My son, give me your heart

and let your eyes delight in my ways,

for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,

and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

Like a bandit she lies in wait

and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My son, give me your heart,

and let your eyes observe my ways.

For a prostitute is a deep pit,

and a wayward woman is a narrow well;

indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber

and increases the number of unfaithful people.

NLTNew Living Translation

O my son, give me your heart.

May your eyes take delight in following my ways.

A prostitute is a dangerous trap;

a promiscuous woman is as dangerous as falling into a narrow well.

She hides and waits like a robber,

eager to make more men unfaithful.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My child, may you give your heart to me,

and may your eyes delight in my ways.

For a deep pit is a prostitute,

and a narrow well is an adulteress.

She is also like a robber lying in wait,

and the faithless among mankind she increases.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

She also lieth in wait as for a prey,

And increaseth the transgressors among men.