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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 23, Verse 28

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27
For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
King James Version
She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
American Standard Version
Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
New English Translation
Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
World English Bible
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful 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?
30
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.
32
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
35
They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
1
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
2
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
3
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: