OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 23:27

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

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Verse 27. Pit. It is difficult to overcome this passion, when once it has got possession of the heart. We must therefore watch over it, and consecrate it in variably to wisdom. verse 26.

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