Proverbs 6:26
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For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
In other translations
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Luke 15:30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
- Proverbs 29:3Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
- 1 Samuel 2:36And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”
- Genesis 39:14That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.
- Luke 15:13-1513 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.13 After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. 14 After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.
- Proverbs 5:10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
- Ezekiel 13:18And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?
- Proverbs 7:23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
- Ezekiel 13:8Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
- Proverbs 29:8Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
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