Proverbs 23:28 “Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.”

Proverbs 23:28

Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

World English Bible

Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

American Standard Version

Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.

Geneva Bible 1599

Also she lyeth in wait as for a praye, and she increaseth the transgressers among men.

Darby Translation

She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

Young's Literal Translation

She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.

Bible in Basic English

Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.

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Cross references

“as for a prey”

Ecclesiastes 7:26 Proverbs 7:12 Proverbs 22:14 Proverbs 2:16–19 Proverbs 7:22–27 Jeremiah 3:2

Ecclesiastes 7:26 · BSB

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

Proverbs 7:12 · BSB

Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

Proverbs 22:14 · BSB

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

Proverbs 2:16–19 · BSB

It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

Proverbs 7:22–27 · BSB

He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

Jeremiah 3:2 · BSB

“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your…

“increaseth”

Hosea 4:11 1 Corinthians 10:8 Numbers 25:1 Revelation 17:1 Revelation 17:2

Hosea 4:11 · BSB

to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.

1 Corinthians 10:8 · BSB

We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

Numbers 25:1 · BSB

While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,

Revelation 17:1 · BSB

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

Revelation 17:2 · BSB

The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.

29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?

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