Proverbs 6:25-26

Warnings Against Adultery

25 t Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
and do not let her capture you with her u eyelashes;
26 for v the price of a prostitute is only w a loaf of bread, 1
but a married woman 2 x hunts down a precious life.

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 5:28
    But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 9:30
    When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. And she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of the window.
  3. Cross References
    Proverbs 29:3
    He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
  4. Cross References
    Proverbs 28:21
    To show partiality is not good, but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
    1 Samuel 2:36
    And everyone who is left in your house shall come to implore him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and shall say, "Please put me in one of the priests' places, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 13:18
    And say, Thus says the Lord God : Woe to the women who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to my people and keep your own souls alive?
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