Proverbs 6:26
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
Updated King James Version
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In Context
25Lust not after her beauty in yours heart; neither let her take you 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 yours house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray you, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
Proverbs 7:23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hastes to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life.
Proverbs 29:8Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Ezekiel 13:18And say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will all of you hunt the souls of my people, and will all of you save the souls alive that come unto you?
Luke 15:30But as soon as this your son was come, which has devoured your living with harlots, you have 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 →