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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)the price of a prostitute is only (B)a loaf of bread,[a]
    but a married woman[b] (C)hunts down a precious life.

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  1. Proverbs 6:26 Or (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate) for a prostitute leaves a man with nothing but a loaf of bread
  2. Proverbs 6:26 Hebrew a man's wife
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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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26 My son, give me your heart,
    and let your eyes observe[a] my ways.
27 For a prostitute is (A)a deep pit;
    (B)an adulteress[b] is a narrow (C)well.
28 (D)She lies in wait like a robber
    and increases the traitors among mankind.

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  1. Proverbs 23:26 Or delight in
  2. Proverbs 23:27 Hebrew a foreign woman
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