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26 for (A)the price of a prostitute is only (B)a loaf of bread,[a]
    but a married woman[b] (C)hunts down a precious life.
27 Can a man carry (D)fire next to his (E)chest
    and his clothes not be burned?
28 Or can one (F)walk on hot coals
    and his feet not be scorched?

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Footnotes

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