Proverbs 6:26
New American Standard Bible
26 For (A)the price of a prostitute reduces one to a loaf of bread,
And [a]an adulteress (B)hunts for a precious life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:26 Lit a man’s wife
Proverbs 6:26
Common English Bible
26 for a prostitute costs a loaf of bread,[a]
but a married woman hunts for a man’s very life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:26 Heb uncertain
Proverbs 23:26-28
New American Standard Bible
26 (A)Give me your heart, my son,
And let your eyes [a](B)delight in my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a (C)deep pit,
And a [b](D)strange woman is a narrow well.
28 Certainly she (E)lurks as a robber,
And increases the treacherous among mankind.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:26 Another reading is observe
- Proverbs 23:27 Lit foreign
Proverbs 23:26-28
Common English Bible
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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