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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

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

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

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

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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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