Proverbs 23:27 meaning and explanation

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

Proverbs 23:27, Berean Standard Bible

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These words belong to a father's instruction to his son in Proverbs 23, urging him to give his heart to wisdom. The prostitute and the adulteress are pictured as a deep pit and a narrow well, images of a trap that is easy to enter and hard to escape.

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