Proverbs 6:26
for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts down a precious life.
In context
23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life, 24 to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes; 26 for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts down a precious life. 27 Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned? 28 Or can one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched?
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 6:26 in the KJV
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: And the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 6:26 in the NIV
For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life.