26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
28 Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 23:26-28
Guarded Desire, Wise Discipline, the Fear of the LORD, and Warnings Against Envy, Gluttony, Lust, and Drunkenness
The chapter moves through warnings about appetite and wealth, discernment at corrupt tables, protection of boundaries and the fatherless, heart-applied instruction and discipline, parental joy, fear of the LORD over envy, warnings against gluttony and drunkenness, honoring parents, buying truth, sexual purity, and a final extended portrait of wine's deceptive destruction.
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Verse 26
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My son בְנִ֣י H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular give me תְּנָֽה־ H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular your heart לִבְּךָ֣ H3820 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular and let your eyes וְ֝עֵינֶ֗יךָ H5869 Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular delight תִּרְצֶנָה׃ H7521 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural in my ways דְּרָכַ֥י H1870 Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular
Verse 27
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For כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction a prostitute זוֹנָ֑ה H2181 Noun - feminine singular is a deep עֲמֻקָּ֣ה H6013 Adjective - feminine singular pit שׁוּחָ֣ה H7745 Noun - feminine singular and an adulteress נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ H5237 Adjective - feminine singular is a narrow צָ֝רָ֗ה H6862 Adjective - feminine singular well וּבְאֵ֥ר H875 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
BSB notes
- Or a foreign woman or a wayward wife
Verse 28
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Like a robber כְּחֶ֣תֶף H2863 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular - אַף־ H637 Conjunction she הִ֭יא H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular lies in wait תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑ב H693 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular and multiplies תּוֹסִֽף׃ H3254 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular the faithless וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים H898 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural among men בְּאָדָ֥ם H120 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular