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26 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.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:26 Hebrew a man’s wife.

26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
    but another man’s wife preys on your very life.(A)

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26 My son, give me thine heart,
and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch;
and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey,
and increaseth the transgressors among men.

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26 My son, give me thy heart;
And let thine eyes [a]delight in my ways.
27 For a harlot is a deep ditch;
And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
28 Yea, she lieth in wait [b]as a robber,
And increaseth the treacherous among men.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:26 Another reading is, observe
  2. Proverbs 23:28 Or, as for a prey

Saying 18

26 My son,(A) give me your heart
    and let your eyes delight in my ways,(B)
27 for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,(C)
    and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28 Like a bandit she lies in wait(D)
    and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

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