Cross references

Proverbs 6:26

For the levy of the prostitute is poverty,

and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

Proverbs 6:26 BSB
  1. a Literally a crust of bread

Proverbs 6:26 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Luke 15:30 (5 votes) and Proverbs 29:3 (4 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 39 to 1 Corinthians 6.

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Which verses does Proverbs 6:26 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Luke 15:305 votes

    But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

  2. A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

  3. she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.

  4. And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”

  5. lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

  6. until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.

  7. Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.

  8. Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.

  9. and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?

  10. After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need. …

Which verses point to Proverbs 6:26?

The 10 strongest of 15.