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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

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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  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

20 This is the way of an (A)adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth,
And says, “I have done no wrong.”

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20 This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”(A)

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