Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

A piece

The adulteress

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Bible References

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Proverbs 5:10

And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God];
Proverbs 29:3

A man who loves [skillful and godly] wisdom makes his father joyful,
But he who associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.
Luke 15:13
A few days later, the younger son gathered together everything [that he had] and traveled to a distant country, and there he wasted his fortune in reckless and immoral living.

A piece

1 Samuel 2:36
And it will happen that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread and say, “Please assign me to one of the priest’s offices so I may eat a piece of bread.”’”

The adulteress

Genesis 39:14
she called to the men of her household and said to them, “Look at this, your master has brought a Hebrew [into the household] to mock and insult us; he came to me to lie with me, and I screamed.
Ezekiel 13:8
Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Because you have spoken empty and delusive words and have seen lies, therefore behold, I am against you,” says the Lord God.

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Judges 16:6
So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies and with what you may be bound and subdued.”