Proverbs 23:28
She lyeth in wayte as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours amongst men.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
In Context
27For an whore is a deepe graue, and a straunge woman is a narowe pit.
Cross References
Genesis 39:10And after this maner spake she to Ioseph day by day: but he hearkened not vnto her to sleepe neare her, or to be in her company.
Judges 16:4And after this, he loued a woman by the ryuer of Sorek, whose name was Dalila.
Proverbs 7:10And behold there met hym a woman with open tokens of an harlot, onlye her heart was hid:
Proverbs 7:22Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole [that laugheth] when he goeth to the stockes to be punished,
Proverbs 9:18And he doth not consider that they are but dead whiche be there, and that her ghestes are in the deepe of hell.
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with 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 →