Proverbs 23:28
Yea, she lays in wait as a robber, and increases the treacherous among men.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
In Context
27For a harlot is a deep ditch, and an interloping woman is a narrow pit.
Cross References
Genesis 39:10And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not hearken to her, to lay by her, [or] to be with her.
Judges 16:4And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Proverbs 7:10And, behold, there met him a woman attired like a harlot, and wily of heart.
Proverbs 7:22He goes after her straightaway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
Proverbs 9:18But he knows not that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:20-29
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. 25… Read the whole commentary →