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26 For the price of a woman, a prostitute,[a] is the price of a loaf of bread,
    but the woman belonging to a man[b] hunts precious life.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:26 Or “whore”
  2. Proverbs 6:26 Literally “the woman of a man”

26         for a prostitute costs a loaf of bread,[a]
        but a married woman hunts for a man’s very life.

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  1. Proverbs 6:26 Heb uncertain

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 child, may you give your heart[a] to me,
    and may your eyes delight in my ways.
27 For a deep pit is a prostitute,[b]
    and a narrow well is an adulteress.[c]
28 She is also like a robber lying in wait,
    and the faithless among mankind she increases.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:26 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 23:27 Or “whore”
  3. Proverbs 23:27 Literally “a foreign woman”

26 My child, give your mind to me
    and let your eyes keep to my path.
27 A prostitute is a deep pit,
    and a foreign woman is a narrow well.
28 Indeed, she ambushes like a robber
    and increases the number of the faithless.

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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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