Proverbs

²⁷For a harlot is a deep ditch, and a loose woman is a narrow pit. ²⁸She also lies in wait as a robber or as one waits for prey, and she increases the treacherous among men. ²⁹Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness and dimness of eyes? ³⁰Those who tarry long at the wine, those who go to seek and try mixed wine. [Prov. 20:1; Eph. 5:18.] ³¹Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the wineglass, when it goes down smoothly. ³²At the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder. ³³[Under the influence of wine] your eyes will behold strange things [and loose women] and your mind will utter things turned the wrong way [untrue, incorrect, and petulant].