Proverbs 6:26
For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
American Standard Version
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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 clothes not be burned?
Cross References
Genesis 39:7And it came to pass after these things, that his master`s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
1 Samuel 2:36And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests` 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 his life.
Proverbs 29:8Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.
Ezekiel 13:18and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the women that sew pillows upon all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of [persons of] every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
Luke 15:30but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst 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 →