Proverbs 23:28
For such a one shall perish suddenly; and every transgressor shall be cut off.
LXX2012 (US 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 strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.
Cross References
Genesis 39:10And when she talked with Joseph day by day, and he listened not to her to sleep with her, so as to be with her,
Judges 16:4And it came to pass after this that he loved a woman in + 16:4 Alex. the brook of Sorech. Alsorech, and her name was Dalida.
Proverbs 7:10and the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, that causes the hearts of young men to flutter.
Proverbs 7:22And he followed her, being gently led on, and that as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:
Proverbs 9:18But he knows that mighty men die by her, and he falls in with a snare of hell. But hasten away, delay not in the place, neither fix your eye upon her: for thus shall you go through strange water; but do you abstain from strange water, and drink not of a strange fountain, that you may live long, and years of life may be added to you.
Ecclesiastes 7:26I and my heart went round about to know, and to examine, and to seek wisdom, and the account of things, and to know the folly and trouble and madness of the ungodly man.
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 →