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Proverbs 6:26
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26 For (A)on account of [a]a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And [b]an adulteress (B)hunts for the precious [c]life.

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  1. Proverbs 6:26 Or a woman who is a harlot
  2. Proverbs 6:26 Or a woman of another man
  3. Proverbs 6:26 Lit soul
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Proverbs 6:26
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26 for a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,[a]
    but the wife of another stalks a man’s precious life.(A)

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  1. 6.26 Cn Compare Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb for because of a harlot to a piece of bread
Listen to Proverbs 6:26, Proverbs 23:26-28
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Proverbs 6:26
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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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Proverbs 23:26-28
Legacy Standard Bible

26 (A)Give your heart to me, my son,
And let your eyes [a](B)delight in my ways.
27 For a harlot is a (C)deep pit
And [b]a (D)foreign woman is a narrow well.
28 Surely she (E)lies in wait as a robber,
And adds to the treacherous among men.

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  1. Proverbs 23:26 Or observe
  2. Proverbs 23:27 Or an adulterous, cf. Prov 2:16
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Proverbs 23:26-28
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26 My child, give me your heart,
    and let your eyes observe[a] my ways.(A)
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit;
    an adulteress[b] is a narrow well.(B)
28 She lies in wait like a robber
    and increases the number of the faithless.(C)

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  1. 23.26 Or delight in
  2. 23.27 Heb alien woman
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Proverbs 23:26-28
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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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