Proverbs 6:26 “For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys up…”

Proverbs 6:26

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.

Young's Literal Translation

For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“by”

Luke 15:30 Proverbs 29:3 Proverbs 5:10 Proverbs 29:8 Luke 15:13–15

Luke 15:30 · BSB

But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

Proverbs 29:3 · BSB

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Proverbs 5:10 · BSB

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

Proverbs 29:8 · BSB

Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.

Luke 15:13–15 · BSB

After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.

“a piece”

1 Samuel 2:36

1 Samuel 2:36 · BSB

And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”

“hunt”

Genesis 39:14 Ezekiel 13:8

Genesis 39:14 · BSB

she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.

Ezekiel 13:8 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.

Also

Ezekiel 13:18 Proverbs 7:23

Ezekiel 13:18 · BSB

and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls…

Proverbs 7:23 · BSB

until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

27Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?

Read Proverbs 6