ESV Online

Proverbs 6:26 (Listen)

26 for vthe price of a prostitute is only wa loaf of bread,1

but a married woman2 xhunts down a precious life.

[1] 6:26 Or (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate) for a prostitute leaves a man with nothing but a loaf of bread
[2] 6:26 Hebrew a man's wife

20 This is the way of an adulteress:

she eats and wipes her mouth

and says, “I have done no wrong.”

Advanced Search

Here are a few new features you'll want to get familiar with:

Use the "My Notes" tab to add your thoughts and meditations on the Scripture.

Click "Add Note":
Add Note Illustration
or attach a note to a text selection:
Note Selection Illustration

Select text and click a highlight button:
Highlight Illustration

Drag to Place:
Bookmark Drag Illustration
Click to Navigate:
Bookmark Illustration

Drag tabs from one column to another:
Highlight Illustration

Crossway