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Proverbs 6:26

TemptationMoney and wealth

24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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.

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

28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

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BSB
For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
KJV
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.
WEB
For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
ASV
For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
DARBY
for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
BLB
For the price of a woman prostitute is as a crust of bread, and the woman of a man hunts a precious soul.
ÅB
For en skjøge armer en mann ut like til siste brødleiv, og annen manns hustru fanger en dyr sjel.
OTB
For en prostituert kan fås for et brød, men en ekteskapsbryter jakter på et dyrebart liv.
B1930
For en skjøge armer en mann ut like til siste brødleiv, og annen manns hustru fanger en dyr sjel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Luke 15:30

    But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

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  • Proverbs 29:3

    Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

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  • Genesis 39:14

    That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

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  • 1 Samuel 2:36

    And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

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  • Ezekiel 13:18

    And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?

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  • Proverbs 29:8

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

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  • Proverbs 5:10

    Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

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  • Proverbs 7:23

    Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

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