Devine Scripture

Proverbs 6:26

Proverbs chapter 6 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For on account of a harlota man is broughtto a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

For on account of a harlota man is broughtto a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

Context

v.25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

v.26This passage

v.27Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 2:36

    And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

  • Proverbs 5:10

    Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien,

  • Genesis 39:14

    that she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us: he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

  • Ezekiel 13:8

    Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • Ezekiel 13:18

    and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the women that sew pillows upon all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?

  • Proverbs 29:8

    Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.