Proverbs 6:26

American Standard Version (1901)

For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:3 : 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth [his] substance.
  • 1 Sam 2:36 : 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
  • Prov 5:10 : 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,
  • Prov 7:23 : 23 Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
  • Gen 39:14 : 14 that she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath 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:
  • Prov 29:8 : 8 Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.
  • Ezek 13:8 : 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
  • Ezek 13:18 : 18 and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the women that sew pillows upon all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of [persons of] every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
  • Luke 15:13-15 : 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
  • Luke 15:30 : 30 but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 6:24-25
    2 verses
    82%

    24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

    25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

  • Prov 6:32-33
    2 verses
    79%

    32He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

    33Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.

  • Ezek 16:30-33
    4 verses
    79%

    30How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an impudent harlot;

    31in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire.

    32A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!

    33They give gifts to all harlots; but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and bribest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms.

  • Prov 6:27
    78%

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

  • Prov 23:27-28
    2 verses
    78%

    27For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

    28Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.

  • Eccl 7:26
    77%

    26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. [

  • Prov 5:20
    77%

    20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

  • Prov 30:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    19The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent upon a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maiden.

    20So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

  • Prov 2:16-18
    3 verses
    76%

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

    17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

    18For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

  • Prov 6:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.

    30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

  • Prov 5:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

    4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

  • Prov 7:25-27
    3 verses
    75%

    25Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

    26For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

    27Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.

  • Prov 7:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

    22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;

    23Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

  • Prov 5:6
    75%

    6So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.

  • Prov 7:12
    74%

    12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)

  • Prov 7:5
    74%

    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 22:14
    74%

    14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

  • Prov 7:10
    74%

    10And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

  • Ezek 16:35
    73%

    35Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah:

  • Exod 22:16
    73%

    16And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

  • Prov 11:22
    72%

    22[ As] a ring of gold in a swine's snout, [So is] a fair woman that is without discretion.

  • Prov 4:6
    72%

    6Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

  • Prov 5:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

    9Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

  • Prov 9:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

    17Stolen waters are sweet, And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.

  • Prov 20:16
    72%

    16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.

  • Prov 23:33
    72%

    33Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

  • Jer 3:9
    71%

    9And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

  • 1 Cor 6:16
    71%

    16Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.

  • Prov 27:13
    71%

    13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman.

  • Hos 4:11
    71%

    11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.

  • Prov 31:10
    71%

    10A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

  • 1 Tim 5:6
    70%

    6But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.

  • Prov 29:3
    70%

    3Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth [his] substance.