Proverbs 23:28
Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
In Context
27For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
Cross References
Genesis 39:10And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.
Judges 16:4Now after this, he was in love with a woman in the valley of Sorek, named Delilah.
Proverbs 7:10And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;
Proverbs 7:22The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;
Proverbs 9:18But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld.
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will 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 →