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Proverbs 6:26

American Standard Version

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

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Proverbs 6:26 in other translations

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

Proverbs 6:26 · World English Bible

Proverbs 6:26 in context

  1. 24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.
  2. 25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
  3. 26For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
  4. 27Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
  5. 28Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?