Proverbs 6:26
For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
27Shall any one bind fire in his bosom, and not burn his garments?
Cross References
Genesis 39:7And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and said, Lie with me.
1 Samuel 2:36And it shall come to pass that he that survives in your house, shall come to do obeisance before him for a little piece of silver, + 2:36 Alex.+ 'and for a piece of bread.' saying, + 2:36 Gr. cast. Put me into one of your priest's offices to eat bread.
Proverbs 7:23and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life.
Proverbs 29:8Lawless men burn down a city: but wise men turn away wrath.
Ezekiel 13:18And you shall say, Thus says the Lord, Woe to the women that sew pillows under every elbow, and make kerchiefs on the head of every stature to pervert souls! The souls of my people are perverted, and they have saved souls alive.
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 →