Proverbs 6:26

New International Reader's Version

A prostitute can be bought for only a loaf of bread. But another man’s wife hunts your very life.

Cross References

Genesis 39:14

So she called her servants. “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew slave has been brought here to make fun of us! He came in here to force me to have sex with him. But I screamed for help.

Genesis 39:7

After a while, his master’s wife noticed Joseph. She said to him, “Come to bed with me!”

Proverbs 23:28

She hides and waits like a thief. She causes many men to sin.

Proverbs 29:3

A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad. But a man who spends time with prostitutes wastes his father’s wealth.

Proverbs 29:8

Those who make fun of others stir up a city. But wise people turn anger away.

Proverbs 5:10

Strangers will use up all your wealth. Your hard work will make someone else rich.

Proverbs 5:9

If you do, you will lose your honor to other people. You will give your self-respect to someone who is mean.

Proverbs 6:27

You can’t shovel fire into your lap without burning your clothes.

Proverbs 7:23

until an arrow struck its liver. He was like a bird rushing into a trap. Little did he know it would cost him his life!

Ezekiel 13:18

Tell them, ‘Here is what the Lord and King says. “How terrible it will be for you women who sew magic charms to put around your wrists! You make veils of different lengths to put on your heads. You do these things to trap people. You trap my people. But you will also be trapped.

Ezekiel 13:8

“ ‘The Lord and King says, “I am against you prophets. Your messages are false. Your visions do not come true,” announces the Lord and King.

Luke 15:30

But this son of yours wasted your money with some prostitutes. Now he comes home. And for him you kill the fattest calf!’

1 Samuel 2:36

Everyone left in your family line will come and bow down to him. They will beg him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread. They will say, “Please give me a place to serve among the priests. Then I can have food to eat.” ’ ”