“‘Therefore O prostitute, hear the word of the Lord:

Yes, look! Those far from you die; you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you.

Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her.

for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

“Take the harp, go through the city, forgotten prostitute! Play it well, play lots of songs, so you’ll be noticed!”

That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.

“Because you have acted like a wanton prostitute – a seductive mistress who practices sorcery, who enslaves nations by her harlotry, and entices peoples by her sorcery –

All her carved idols will be smashed to pieces; all her metal cult statues will be destroyed by fire. I will make a waste heap of all her images. Since she gathered the metal as a prostitute collects her wages, the idols will become a prostitute’s wages again.”

You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute or the wage of a male prostitute into the temple of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father.

The Lord asked, “How can I leave you unpunished, Jerusalem? Your people have rejected me and have worshiped gods that are not gods at all. Even though I supplied all their needs, they were like an unfaithful wife to me. They went flocking to the houses of prostitutes.

“‘How sick is your heart, declares the sovereign Lord, when you perform all of these acts, the deeds of a bold prostitute.

You were different from other prostitutes because no one solicited you. When you gave payment and no payment was given to you, you became the opposite!

They had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. In this way they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women.

Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.