Proverbs 6:26
for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;
27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
Cross References
Genesis 39:7And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and said, Lie with me!
1 Samuel 2:36And it shall come to pass [that] every one that is left of thy house shall come to crouch to him for a small piece of silver and for a cake of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
Proverbs 7:23till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
Proverbs 29:8Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger.
Ezekiel 13:18and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the women that sew pillows for all wrists, and that make veils for the head [of persons] of every stature to catch souls! Will ye catch the souls of my people, and will ye save your own souls alive?
Luke 15:30but when this thy son, who has devoured thy substance with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
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 →