26 For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,[a]
but the wife of another man[b] goes after a precious life.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:26 Or On account of a prostitute, one is left with only a loaf of bread
  2. 6:26 Lit but a wife of a man

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 your heart,
and let your eyes observe my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit,(A)
and a wayward woman is a narrow well;
28 indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber(B)
and increases the number of unfaithful people.

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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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