Proverbs 6:26
For by a harlot a man is brought to a morsel of bread, And the adulteress layeth snares for the precious life.
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In The King James Version
In Context
25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, Nor let her catch thee with her eyelids;
27Can a man take fire into his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
Cross References
Proverbs 7:23Till an arrow strike through his liver;—As a bird hasteneth into the snare, And knoweth not that it is laid for its life.
Proverbs 29:8Scoffers kindle a city into a flame; But wise men pacify wrath.
Ezekiel 13:18And say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the women that sew cushions for all elbows, and make pillows for heads of every stature, to ensnare men to destruction! Will ye hunt the lives of my people, and shall ye save your own?
Luke 15:30But as soon as this thy son came, who devoured thy living with harlots, thou didst kill 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 →