Proverbs 6:26

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

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  • 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!'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:24-25
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    24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

    25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

  • Prov 6:32-33
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    32But a man who commits adultery has no sense; he destroys himself.

    33He will suffer wounds and disgrace, and his shame will never be wiped away.

  • Ezek 16:30-33
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    30‘How weak is your heart,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘that you do all these things, the actions of a brazen prostitute!

    31When you built your mounds at the head of every road and made your high places in every street, you were not like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.

    32You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

    33All prostitutes receive gifts, but you give gifts to all your lovers. You bribe them to come to you from all around for your acts of prostitution.

  • Prov 6:27
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    27Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?

  • Prov 23:27-28
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    27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a narrow well is a deceitful woman.

    28She also lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26I found that more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be caught by her.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Prov 30:19-20
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    76%

    19The way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

    20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

  • Prov 2:16-18
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    16It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering words,

    17who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;

    18for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed spirits.

  • Prov 6:29-30
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    29So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

    30Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

  • Prov 5:3-4
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    3For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.

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

  • Prov 7:25-27
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

    26For she has brought down many victims, and numerous are all those she has slain.

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

  • Prov 7:21-23
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    21With her abundant persuasion, she entices him; with her smooth talk, she compels him.

    22He follows her all at once, like an ox going to slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of shackles.

    23Until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird rushing into a trap, not realizing it will cost him his life.

  • Prov 5:6
    75%

    6She does not consider the path of life; her ways wander, but she does not know it.

  • Prov 7:12
    74%

    12Now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner, she lurks.

  • Prov 7:5
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    5To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; one who is cursed by the LORD will fall into it.

  • Prov 7:10
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    10And behold, a woman came to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and sly of heart.

  • Ezek 16:35
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    35Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD.

  • Exod 22:16
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    16If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man must still pay the bride price for virgins.

  • Prov 11:22
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    22Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

  • Prov 4:6
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    6Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; love her, and she will protect you.

  • Prov 5:8-9
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    8Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house.

    9Lest you give your vigor to others, and your years to someone cruel;

  • Prov 9:16-17
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    16"Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

    17Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious.

  • Prov 20:16
    72%

    16Take a garment as security from one who guarantees a stranger's debt; hold it in pledge if it is for a foreign woman.

  • Prov 23:33
    72%

    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things.

  • Jer 3:9
    71%

    9Because Israel's immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stone and wood.

  • 1 Cor 6:16
    71%

    16Or do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

  • Prov 27:13
    71%

    13Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an outsider.

  • Hos 4:11
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    11Fornication, wine, and new wine take away the heart and understanding.

  • Prov 31:10
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    10A wife of noble character, who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.

  • 1 Tim 5:6
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    6But the one who lives indulgently, even while living, is dead.

  • Prov 29:3
    70%

    3A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but one who associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.