Proverbs 6:26

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:3 : 3 The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.
  • 1 Sam 2:36 : 36 Everyone who remains in your house will come to bow before him for a little money and for a scrap of bread. Each will say,‘Assign me to a priestly task so I can eat a scrap of bread.’”
  • Prov 5:10 : 10 lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.
  • Prov 7:23 : 23 till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.
  • Gen 39:14 : 14 she called for her household servants and said to them,“See, my husband brought in a Hebrew man to us to humiliate us. He tried to go to bed with me, but I screamed loudly.
  • Prov 29:8 : 8 Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath.
  • Ezek 13:8 : 8 “‘Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look, I am against you, declares the Sovereign LORD.
  • Ezek 13:18 : 18 and say‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to those who sew bands on all their wrists and make headbands for heads of every size to entrap people’s lives! Will you entrap my people’s lives, yet preserve your own lives?
  • Luke 15:13-15 : 13 After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle. 14 Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.
  • Luke 15:30 : 30 But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:24-25
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    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

    25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

  • Prov 6:32-33
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    32A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense, whoever does it destroys his own life.

    33He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;

  • Ezek 16:30-33
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    30“‘How sick is your heart, declares the Sovereign LORD, when you perform all of these acts, the deeds of a bold prostitute.

    31When you built your chamber at the head of every street and put up your pavilion in every public square, you were not like a prostitute, because you scoffed at payment.

    32“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

    33All prostitutes receive payment, but instead you give gifts to every one of your lovers. You bribe them to come to you from all around for your sexual favors!

  • Prov 6:27
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    27Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?

  • Prov 23:27-28
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    27for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

    28Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

  • Prov 30:19-20
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    19the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a woman.

    20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she has eaten and wiped her mouth and has said,“I have not done wrong.”

  • Prov 2:16-18
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    16to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;

    17who leaves the husband from her younger days, and has ignored her marriage covenant made before God.

    18For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits.

  • Prov 6:29-30
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    29So it is with the one who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.

    30People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.

  • Prov 5:3-4
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    3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,

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

  • Prov 7:25-27
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

    26for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.

    27Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.

  • Prov 7:21-23
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    21She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.

    22Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare

    23till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

  • Prov 7:12
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    12at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

  • Prov 7:5
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    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.

  • Prov 7:10
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    10Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

  • Ezek 16:35
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    35“‘Therefore O prostitute, Listen to the LORD’s message:

  • Exod 22:16
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    16Moral and Ceremonial Laws“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and goes to bed with her, he must surely pay the marriage price for her to be his wife.

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

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

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

    9lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

  • Prov 9:16-17
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    16“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,

    17“Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”

  • Prov 20:16
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    16Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of strangers.

  • Prov 23:33
    72%

    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.

  • Jer 3:9
    71%

    9Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she defiled the land through her adulterous worship of gods made of wood and stone.

  • 1 Cor 6:16
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    16Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said,“The two will become one flesh.”

  • Prov 27:13
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    13Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of a stranger.

  • Hos 4:11
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    11Judgment of Pagan Idolatry and Cultic Prostitution Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.

  • Prov 31:10
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    10The Wife of Noble Character Who can find a wife of noble character? For her value is far more than rubies.

  • 1 Tim 5:6
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    6But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

  • Prov 29:3
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    3The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.