Proverbs 6:26 - Easy To Read Version

²⁶ A prostitute {\cf2\super [6]} might cost a loaf of bread. But the wife of another man can cost you your 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 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 39:14

She called to the men outside. She said, “Look! This Hebrew slave was brought here to make fun of us. He came in and tried to attack me, but I screamed.

Genesis 39:7

After some time, the wife of Joseph’s master began to like Joseph. One day she said to him, “Sleep with me.”

Proverbs 23:28

A bad woman waits for you like a thief. And she causes many men to become sinners.

Proverbs 29:3

If a person loves wisdom, then his father is very happy. But if a person wastes his money on prostitutes, {\cf2\super [36]} then he will lose his wealth.

Proverbs 29:8

People who think they are better than other people can cause much trouble. They can put whole cities into confusion. But people who are wise make peace.

Proverbs 5:10

People you don’t know will take all your wealth. Other people will get the things you worked for.

Proverbs 5:9

If you do, then other people will get the honor you should have had. And some stranger will get all the things you worked years to get.

Proverbs 6:27

If a man spills fire on himself, his clothes will also be burned.

Proverbs 7:23

with a hunter ready to put an arrow through its heart. The boy was like a bird flying into a net. He didn’t know the danger he was in.

Ezekiel 13:18

‘The Lord my Master says these things: Bad things will happen to you women. You sew cloth bracelets for people to wear on their arms. You make special scarves for people to wear on their heads. \{You say those things have magic powers\} to control people’s lives. You trap those people only to keep yourselves alive!

Ezekiel 13:8

So now, the Lord my Master really will speak! He says, “You told lies. You saw visions that were not true. So now I (God) am against you!” The Lord my Master said these things.

Luke 15:30

But your other son has wasted all your money on prostitutes. {\cf2\super [260]} Then he comes home, and you kill the fat calf for him!’

1 Samuel 2:36

Then all the people who are left in your family will come and bow down before this priest. They will beg for a little money or a piece of bread. They will say, “Please give me a job as priest so I can have some food to eat.”’”