Proverbs 6:26 (ESV Strong's)
for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread,
but a married woman hunts down a precious life.
Proverbs 6:26 (NASBStr)
For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.
Solomon, in chapter six, is giving a warning to men about the harlot, a women who is committed to no one and to the man who does not honor the commitment a woman makes to a man in marriage. He is warning them both that disaster awaits them. In this verse he is talking about the former; the man who leaves the women of his youth, the women he has committed his life to, to pursue a women who is the adulterous. The picture we have here is real, but also is being used figuratively by Solomon. The harlot is the picture of “folly” as she stands on the corner seducing those who pass by. Solomon warns us that this woman, this harlot, this picture of folly is going to reduce our value to a loaf of bread. If we lust for her and if we follow our desire for her and succumb to her wooing, we will be reduced to a mere loaf. Today, a loaf of bread is worth about $2.00 to $3.00, depending on the quality. It can be as little as less than a $1.00 and perhaps much more for an exotic loaf. But, it is still only the cost of bread. The adulterous does not want the fringe of us, or the left overs of us. The adulterous wants the "precious" parts of our lives. And then she reduces them to the cost of a crumbs. The scent, the touch, the beauty is all there to disguise the destruction. Lips-stick hides the danger in her words. Perfume covers up the smell of her death. Nice lacy clothes camouflage the coldness of her heart. She is dangerous and will take what little value we have and turn it to less than a sandwich. At least a sandwich has something between the bread.
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