Proverbs 6:26

New English Translation

for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

Cross References

Genesis 39:14

she called for her household servants and said to them, “See, my husband brought in a Hebrew man to us to humiliate us. He tried to have sex with me, but I screamed loudly.

Genesis 39:7

Soon after these things, his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Have sex with me.”

Proverbs 23:28

Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

Proverbs 29:3

The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

Proverbs 29:8

Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath.

Proverbs 5:10

lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.

Proverbs 5:9

lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

Proverbs 6:27

Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?

Proverbs 7:23

till an arrow pierces his liver – like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

Ezekiel 13:18

and say ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to those who sew bands on all their wrists and make headbands for heads of every size to entrap people’s lives! Will you entrap my people’s lives, yet preserve your own lives?

Ezekiel 13:8

“‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look, I am against you, declares the sovereign Lord.

Luke 15:30

But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’

1 Samuel 2:36

Everyone who remains in your house will come to bow before him for a little money and for a scrap of bread. Each will say, ‘Assign me to a priestly task so I can eat a scrap of bread.’”