Proverbs 6:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.”
Read Proverbs 6:26 in the flow of Proverbs6 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs6 to see the surrounding context.
“For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For on account of a harlota man is broughtto a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 6:26 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 39:7and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
- Genesis 39:14she 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.
- 1 Samuel 2:36And 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.”’”
- Proverbs 5:10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
- Proverbs 7:23until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
- Proverbs 29:3A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
- Proverbs 29:8Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
- Ezekiel 13:8Therefore 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.
- Ezekiel 13:18and 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?
- Luke 15:13After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
- Luke 15:30But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
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