Proverbs 6:26 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁶ For on account of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread, and the adulteress stalks and snares [as with a hook] the precious life [of a man].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

Common English Bible

²⁶ for a prostitute costs a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts for a man’s very life.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.

Proverbs 6:26 Cross References

Genesis 39:14

that 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:

Genesis 39:7

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

Proverbs 23:28

Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.

Proverbs 29:3

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

Proverbs 29:8

Scornful men set a city in a flame: But wise men turn away wrath.

Proverbs 5:10

Lest strangers be filled with thy strength; And thy labours be in the house of an alien;

Proverbs 5:9

Lest thou give thine honour unto others, And thy years unto the cruel:

Proverbs 6:27

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

Proverbs 7:23

Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

Ezekiel 13:18

and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD Woe to the women that sew pillows upon all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! will ye hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?

Ezekiel 13:8

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD

Luke 15:30

but when this thy son came, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.

1 Samuel 2:36

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.