Proverbs 6:26

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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.

Literal

For the price of a woman prostitute is as a crust of bread, and the woman of a man hunts a precious soul.

Latin

…pretium enim scorti vix est unius panis, mulier autem viri pretiosam animam capit.

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Proverbs 6:26

Sleeping with a prostitute has consequences, and sleeping with another man's wife can be dangerous. Her husband may seek revenge (Proverbs 6:34–35), and God observes and judges.

Proverbs 6:20–35

This passage highlights the serious danger of having a relationship with another man's wife (see also Proverbs 1:8, 23; 2:16–22; 5:1–23; 7:1–27).

Theme notes and profiles

Marriage and Sexuality

Related verses

Luke 15:30
But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
Proverbs 29:3
A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Genesis 39:14
…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.
1 Samuel 2:36
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.”’”
Proverbs 7:23
…until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
Luke 15:13–15
After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
Proverbs 29:8
Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
Ezekiel 13:18
…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 of My people but preserve your own?
Ezekiel 13:8
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.
Proverbs 5:10
…lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

Glossary

Adultery Proverbs, Book of

Topics

Adultery: General Scriptures Concerning Women: Subtle and Deceitful Women: Wicked: Full of Deceit and Licentiousness Young Men: General Scriptures Concerning

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