Proverbs 6:26

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

A woman who sells her love can be bought for as little as the price of a meal. But making love to another man's wife will cost you everything.

Cross References

Genesis 39:14

she called in her servants and said, “Look! This Hebrew has come just to make fools of us. He tried to rape me, but I screamed for help.

Genesis 39:7

and Potiphar's wife soon noticed him. She asked him to make love to her,

Proverbs 23:28

they are waiting to attack you like a gang of robbers with victim after victim.

Proverbs 29:3

If you love wisdom your parents will be glad, but chasing after bad women will cost you everything.

Proverbs 29:8

Sneering at others is a spark that sets a city on fire; using good sense can put out the flames of anger.

Proverbs 5:10

Strangers will get your money and everything else you have worked for.

Proverbs 5:9

You will lose your self-respect and end up in debt to some cruel person for the rest of your life.

Proverbs 6:27

If you carry burning coals, you burn your clothes;

Proverbs 7:23

and killed with arrows. He was no more than a bird rushing into a trap, without knowing it would cost him his life.

Ezekiel 13:18

Tell them they're doomed! They wear magic charms on their wrists and scarves on their heads, then trick others into believing they can predict the future. They won't get away with telling those lies.

Ezekiel 13:8

So I am going to punish those lying prophets for deceiving the people of Israel with false messages.

Luke 15:30

This other son of yours wasted your money on prostitutes. And now that he has come home, you ordered the best calf to be killed for a feast.”

1 Samuel 2:36

But if anyone is left from your family, he will come to my priest and beg for money or a little bread. He may even say to my priest, “Please let me be a priest, so I will at least have something to eat.”