Proverbs 23:28
She lies in wait along the way like a robber. And the incautious one whom she sees, she will put to death.
Catholic Public Domain 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 loose woman is a deep pit, and a foreign woman is a constricted well.
Cross References
Genesis 39:10With such words as these, throughout each day, the woman was pestering the young man, and he was refusing the adultery.
Judges 16:4After these things, he loved a woman who was living in the valley of Sorek. And she was called Delilah.
Proverbs 7:10And behold, a woman meets him, dressed like a harlot, prepared to captivate souls: chattering and rambling,
Proverbs 7:22Immediately, he follows her, like an ox being led to the sacrifice, and like a lamb acting lasciviously, and not knowing that he is being drawn foolishly into chains,
Proverbs 9:18And he did not know that giants are there, and that her companions are in the depths of Hell.
Ecclesiastes 7:26I have examined all things in my soul, so that I may know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason, and so that I may recognize the impiety of the foolish, and the error of the imprudent.
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 →