Proverbs 6:26
For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man.
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In Context
25Let not your heart desire her beauty; do not be captivated by her winks.
27Would a man be able to conceal fire in his bosom, so that his garments would not burn?
Cross References
Genesis 39:7And so, after many days, his mistress cast her eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Sleep with me.”
1 Samuel 2:36Then this will be in the future, that whoever will have remained of your house, he will approach so that he may pray on his behalf. And he will offer a coin of silver, and a twist of bread. And he will say: ‘Permit me, I beg you, one part of the priestly office, so that I may eat a mouthful of bread.’”
Proverbs 7:23until the arrow pierces his liver. It is just as if a bird were to hurry into the snare. And he does not know that his actions endanger his own soul.
Proverbs 29:8Pestilent men squander a city. Yet truly, the wise avert fury.
Ezekiel 13:18and say: Thus says the Lord God: Woe to those who sew together little pillows under every forearm, and who make little cushions for the heads of every stage of life, in order to capture souls. And when they have seized the souls of my people, they became the life of their souls.
Luke 15:30Yet after this son of yours returned, who has devoured his substance with loose women, you have killed the fatted calf for him.’
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:21-35
Parental Cautions; Cautions against Impurity. 20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange… Read the whole commentary →