Verse 26

For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:3 : 3 A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but one who associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.
  • 1 Sam 2:36 : 36 Everyone left of your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread, and they will plead, ‘Please appoint me to some priestly office so I can have a morsel of bread to eat.’
  • Prov 5:10 : 10 Lest strangers feast on your strength, and your hard-earned wealth end up in the house of a foreigner.
  • Prov 7:23 : 23 Until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird rushing into a trap, not realizing it will cost him his life.
  • Gen 39:14 : 14 she called her household servants and said to them, "Look, this Hebrew man has been brought to us to mock us! He came to me to lie with me, but I screamed loudly.
  • Prov 29:8 : 8 Mockers stir up a city, but the wise calm anger.
  • Ezek 13:8 : 8 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have spoken falsehood and seen lies, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
  • Ezek 13:18 : 18 Say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic bands for all wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height to ensnare lives. Will you hunt down the lives of my people but preserve your own?
  • Luke 15:13-15 : 13 Not long after, the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in reckless living. 14 After he had spent everything, a severe famine arose throughout that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
  • Luke 15:30 : 30 But when this son of yours came, who has squandered your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'