Proverbs 23:28
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, 1 And increaseth the transgressors among men. 1
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
In The King James Version
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
In Context
27For a whore is a deep ditch; 1 And a strange woman is a narrow pit. 1
Cross References
Genesis 39:10And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie 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 1 With the attire of a harlot, and subtil of heart. 1
Proverbs 7:22He goeth after her straightway, 1 As an ox goeth to the slaughter, 1 Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 1
Proverbs 9:18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; 1 And that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Ecclesiastes 7:26and I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth 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 →