Proverbs 6:26
For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman wil hunt for the precious life of a man.
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In Context
25Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.
27Can a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be burnt?
Cross References
Genesis 39:7Nowe therefore after these thinges, his masters wife cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and saide, Lye with me.
1 Samuel 2:36And all that are left in thine house, shall come and bowe downe to him for a piece of siluer and a morsell of bread, and shall say, Appoint me, I pray thee, to one of the priestes offices, that I may eate a morsell of bread.
Proverbs 7:23Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.
Proverbs 29:8Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.
Ezekiel 13:18Thus sayth the Lord God, Woe vnto the women that sowe pillowes vnder al arme holes, and make vailes vpon the head of euery one that standeth vp, to hunt soules: will yee hunt ye soules of my people, and will yee giue life to the soules that come vnto you?
Luke 15:30But when this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy good with harlots, thou hast for his sake killed the fat calfe.
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 →