Proverbs 6:26

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:3 : 3 A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.
  • 1 Sam 2:36 : 36 and it hath been, every one who is left in thy house doth come in to bow himself to him, for a wage of silver, and a cake of bread, and hath said, Admit me, I pray thee, unto one of the priest's offices, to eat a morsel of bread.'
  • Prov 5:10 : 10 Lest strangers be filled `with' thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,
  • Prov 7:23 : 23 Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it `is' for its life.
  • Gen 39:14 : 14 that she calleth for the men of her house, and speaketh to them, saying, `See, he hath brought in to us a man, a Hebrew, to play with us; he hath come in unto me, to lie with me, and I call with a loud voice,
  • Prov 29:8 : 8 Men of scorning ensnare a city, And the wise turn back anger.
  • Ezek 13:8 : 8 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen a lie, Therefore, lo, I `am' against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
  • Ezek 13:18 : 18 And thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo to those sowing pillows for all joints of the arm, And to those making the kerchiefs For the head of every stature -- to hunt souls, The souls do ye hunt of My people? And the souls ye have do ye keep alive?
  • Luke 15:13-15 : 13 `And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously; 14 and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want; 15 and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,
  • Luke 15:30 : 30 but when thy son -- this one who did devour thy living with harlots -- came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    24To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

    25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

  • Prov 6:32-33
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    32He who committeth adultery `with' a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

    33A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away,

  • Ezek 16:30-33
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    30How weak `is' thy heart, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, In thy doing all these, The work of a domineering whorish woman.

    31In thy building thine arch at the head of every way, Thy high place thou hast made in every broad place, And -- hast not been as a whore deriding a gift.

    32The wife who committeth adultery -- Under her husband -- doth receive strangers.

    33To all whores they give a gift, And -- thou hast given thy gifts to all thy lovers, And dost bribe them to come in unto thee, From round about -- in thy whoredoms.

  • Prov 6:27
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    27Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?

  • Prov 23:27-28
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    27For a harlot `is' a deep ditch, And a strange woman `is' a strait pit.

    28She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart `is' nets and snares, her hands `are' bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

  • Prov 30:19-20
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    19The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth.

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  • Prov 2:16-18
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    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

    17Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

    18For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

  • Prov 6:29-30
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    29So `is' he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.

    30They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,

  • Prov 5:3-4
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    3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil `is' her mouth,

    4And her latter end `is' bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword `with' mouths.

  • Prov 7:25-27
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    25Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

    26For many `are' the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty `are' all her slain ones.

    27The ways of Sheol -- her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!

  • Prov 7:21-23
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    21She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

    22He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

    23Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it `is' for its life.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.

  • Prov 7:12
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    12Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --

  • Prov 7:5
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    5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14A deep pit `is' the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

  • Prov 7:10
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    10And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,

  • Ezek 16:35
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    35Therefore, O whore, hear a word of Jehovah,

  • Exod 22:16
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    16`And when a man doth entice a virgin who `is' not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife;

  • Prov 11:22
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    22A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.

  • Prov 4:6
    72%

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

  • Prov 5:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

    9Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

  • Prov 9:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16`Who `is' simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart -- she said to him,

    17`Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'

  • Prov 20:16
    72%

    16Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

  • Prov 23:33
    72%

    33Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.

  • Jer 3:9
    71%

    9And it hath come to pass, from the vileness of her fornication, that the land is defiled, and she committeth fornication with stone and with wood.

  • 1 Cor 6:16
    71%

    16have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? `for they shall be -- saith He -- the two for one flesh.'

  • Prov 27:13
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    13Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

  • Hos 4:11
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    11Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,

  • Prov 31:10
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    10A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies `is' her price.

  • 1 Tim 5:6
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    6and she who is given to luxury, living -- hath died;

  • Prov 29:3
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    3A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.