Proverbs 6:26 - King James 2000

²⁶ For by means of a harlot a man is reduced to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will prey upon his 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.

Proverbs 6:26 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 39:14

That she called unto the men of her house, and spoke unto them, saying, See, he has brought in a 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

She also lies in wait as for a prey, and increases the unfaithful among men.

Proverbs 29:3

Whosoever loves wisdom rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots wastes his substance.

Proverbs 29:8

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

Proverbs 5:10

Lest strangers be filled with your wealth; and your labors go to the house of a foreigner;

Proverbs 5:9

Lest you give your honor unto others, and your years unto the merciless:

Proverbs 6:27

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

Proverbs 7:23

Till an arrow strikes through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life.

Ezekiel 13:18

And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew charms upon all wrists, and make veils for the heads, of every length, to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of my people, and will you save the souls alive that belong to you?

Ezekiel 13:8

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, says the Lord GOD.

Luke 15:30

But as soon as this your son came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you have killed for him the fatted calf.

1 Samuel 2:36

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