Proverbs 23:27
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For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

Context
True Riches
26My son, give me thy heart: and let thy eyes keep my ways. 27For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit.28She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill.…
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16
And forsaketh the guide of her youth,

Proverbs 5:20
The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.

Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.

Lexicon
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

a prostitute
זוֹנָ֑ה (zō·w·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

is a deep
עֲמֻקָּ֣ה (‘ă·muq·qāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6013: Deep

pit,
שׁוּחָ֣ה (šū·ḥāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7745: A chasm

and an adulteress
נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ (nā·ḵə·rî·yāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5237: Foreign, alien

is a narrow
צָ֝רָ֗ה (ṣā·rāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent

well.
וּבְאֵ֥ר (ū·ḇə·’êr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 875: A pit, a well


Additional Translations
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

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

For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.

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

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

For a lewd woman is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

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

For a harlot is a deep ditch, And a strange woman is a strait pit.
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