Proverbs 6:26

Webster's Bible (1833)

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:3 : 3 Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; But a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
  • 1 Sam 2:36 : 36 It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
  • Prov 5:10 : 10 Lest strangers feast on your wealth, And your labors enrich another man's house.
  • Prov 7:23 : 23 Until an arrow strikes through his liver, As a bird hurries to the snare, And doesn't know that it will cost his life.
  • Gen 39:14 : 14 that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, "Behold, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
  • Prov 29:8 : 8 Mockers stir up a city, But wise men turn away anger.
  • Ezek 13:8 : 8 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, says the Lord Yahweh.
  • Ezek 13:18 : 18 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the women who sew pillows on all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of [persons of] every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
  • Luke 15:13-15 : 13 Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living. 14 When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
  • Luke 15:30 : 30 But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:24-25
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    82%

    24To keep you from the immoral woman, From the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

    25Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, Neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

  • Prov 6:32-33
    2 verses
    79%

    32He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

    33He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.

  • Ezek 16:30-33
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    79%

    30How weak is your heart, says the Lord Yahweh, seeing you do all these things, the work of an impudent prostitute;

    31in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every way, and make your lofty place in every street, and have not been as a prostitute, in that you scorn pay.

    32A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!

    33They give gifts to all prostitutes; but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and bribe them, that they may come to you on every side for your prostitution.

  • Prov 6:27
    78%

    27Can a man scoop fire into his lap, And his clothes not be burned?

  • Prov 23:27-28
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    78%

    27For a prostitute is a deep pit; And a wayward wife is a narrow well.

    28Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, And increases the unfaithful among men.

  • Eccl 7:26
    77%

    26I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

  • Prov 5:20
    77%

    20For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

  • Prov 30:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    19The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent on 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 eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

  • Prov 2:16-18
    3 verses
    76%

    16To deliver you from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

    17Who forsakes the friend of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God:

    18For her house leads down to death, Her paths to the dead.

  • Prov 6:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

    30Men don't despise a thief, If he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

  • Prov 5:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

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

  • Prov 7:25-27
    3 verses
    75%

    25Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't go astray in her paths,

    26For she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, 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 persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

    22He followed her immediately, As an ox goes to the slaughter, As a fool stepping into a noose.

    23Until an arrow strikes through his liver, As a bird hurries to the snare, And doesn't know that it will cost his life.

  • Prov 5:6
    75%

    6She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.

  • Prov 7:12
    74%

    12Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, And lurking at every corner.

  • Prov 7:5
    74%

    5That they may 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 adulteress is a deep pit: He who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.

  • Prov 7:10
    74%

    10Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, And with crafty intent.

  • Ezek 16:35
    73%

    35Therefore, prostitute, hear the word of Yahweh:

  • Exod 22:16
    73%

    16"If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

  • Prov 11:22
    72%

    22Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, Is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

  • Prov 4:6
    72%

    6Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.

  • Prov 5:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,

    9Lest you give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one;

  • Prov 9:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

    17"Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."

  • Prov 20:16
    72%

    16Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; And hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

  • Prov 23:33
    72%

    33Your eyes will see strange things, And your mind will imagine confusing things.

  • Jer 3:9
    71%

    9It happened through the lightness of her prostitution, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

  • 1 Cor 6:16
    71%

    16Or don't you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, "The two," says he, "will become one flesh."

  • Prov 27:13
    71%

    13Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger; Hold it for a wayward woman!

  • Hos 4:11
    71%

    11Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

  • Prov 31:10
    71%

    10Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

  • 1 Tim 5:6
    70%

    6But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.

  • Prov 29:3
    70%

    3Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; But a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.