Proverbs 23:27-35 ▼

27 For an whore is a deepe graue, and a straunge woman is a narowe pit.

28 She lyeth in wayte as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours amongst men.

29 Who hath wo? who hath sorowe? who hath strife? who hath brawling? and who hath woundes without a cause?

30 Or who hath red eyes? euen they that be euer at the wine, & seeke excesse.

31 Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is, and what a colour it geueth in the glasse:

32 It goeth downe sweetely, but at the last it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth lyke an adder.

33 Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women, and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges:

34 Yea thou shalt be as though thou layest in the middest of the sea, or slepest vppon the top of the maste of a ship.

35 They haue beaten me shalt thou say and I was not sicke, they haue stricken me, and I felt it not: When I am well wakened, I wil go to the drinke again.