Proverbs 23:26-28

[26] My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. [27] For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. [28] She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

What is the context of Proverbs 23:26-28?

On Listening to Your Parents (Proverbs 23:15-28 true)
Listen to Your Father (Proverbs 23:1-35 true)
Sayings of the Wise (Proverbs 23:1-35 true)
Thirty Sayings of the Wise (Proverbs 23:1-35 true)
Words of the Wise (Proverbs 23:1-35 true)
On Life and Conduct (Proverbs 23:1-35 true)

What does Proverbs 23:26-28 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Another exhortation to apply what follows prefaces this saying. It is especially important. Our culture glamorizes sexual promiscuity, but these verses reveal its true consequences: entrapment, constraint, painful loss, and treachery. Two types of harlots are in view: the unmarried (Heb. zonah, "harlot" or "prostitute") and the married (nokriyah, "adulterous woman" or "wayward wife," Proverbs 23:27).