"For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life."
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That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
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 loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
For by means of a lewd woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.