Proverbs 23:27

New International Reader's Version

An unfaithful wife is like a deep pit. A wife who commits adultery is like a narrow well.

Cross References

Genesis 39:10

She spoke to Joseph day after day. But he told her he wouldn’t go to bed with her. He didn’t even want to be with her.

Proverbs 2:16

Wisdom will save you from a woman who commits adultery. It will save you from a sinful woman and her tempting words.

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of a woman who commits adultery is like a deep pit. Any man the Lord is angry with falls into it.

Proverbs 5:20

My son, why be captured by another man’s wife? Why hug a woman who has gone astray?

Proverbs 9:15

She calls out to those who pass by. She calls out to those who go straight on their way. She says,