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Proverbs 6:26

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
Proverbs 6:26 · King James Version

In other versions

  • For on account of a harlot `a man is brought' to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

    ASV

  • For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

    BBE

  • for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.

    DBY

  • For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

    WEB

  • For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

    YLT

  • For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.

    ENG

  • For by means of a lewd woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

    WBT

  • For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

    BSB

In context

24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.

27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

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