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Proverbs 23:27

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For a whore is a deep ditch,.... Or, "as a deep ditch", so Aben Ezra; to which she may be compared for the filthiness of her whoredoms, and for her insatiable lust, as well as for her being never…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Proverbs 23:15-35

Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Pro 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Pro 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it. Reins -…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Proverbs 23:19-28

Here is good advice for parents to give to their children; words are put into their mouths, that they may train them up in the way they should go. Here we have,

I. An earnest call to young people to…

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