Catholic Public Domain Version
"For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man."
— Proverbs 6:26, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“For on account of a harlota man is broughtto a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life. ”
“For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.”
“for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.”
“For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.”
“For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.”
“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.”
For commandment is a lamp, and law is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.
So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider.
Let not your heart desire her beauty; do not be captivated by her winks.
For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man.
Would a man be able to conceal fire in his bosom, so that his garments would not burn?
Or could he walk over burning coals, so that his feet would not be burned?
So also, he who enters to the wife of his neighbor shall not be clean when he touches her.