Proverbs 6:26

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

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WEBBE

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

BSB

For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

KJV

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

ASV

For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

BBE

For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 20–35

The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own nature, of what evil consequence it is, and how certainly it destroys the spiritual life in the soul, we shall not wonder that the cautions against it are so often repeated. Let us notice the subjects of this chapter. Let us remember Him who willingly became our Surety, when we were strangers and enemies. And shall Christians, who have such prospects, motives, and examples, be slothful and careless? Shall we neglect what is pleasing to God, and what he will graciously reward? May we closely watch every sense by which poison can enter our minds or affections.

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