Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 6:26

"For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life." — Proverbs 6:26 (ASV)

The two forms of evil bring, each of them, their own penalty. By the one, a man is brought to such poverty as to beg for a piece of bread (Compare to 1 Samuel 2:36): by the other and more deadly sin, he incurs a peril which may affect his life. The second clause is very abrupt and emphatic in the original: but as for a man’s wife, she hunts for the precious life.