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Proverbs 6:26

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

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Proverbs 6:26 in other translations

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

Proverbs 6:26 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 6:26 in context

  1. 24to keep you from the immoral woman,
    from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
  2. 25Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart,
    neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
  3. 26For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread.
    The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
  4. 27Can a man scoop fire into his lap,
    and his clothes not be burned?
  5. 28Or can one walk on hot coals,
    and his feet not be scorched?