Proverbs 23:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.”
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“Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 23:28 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 39:10Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
- Numbers 25:1While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
- Judges 16:4Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
- Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 7:10Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
- Proverbs 7:12Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
- Proverbs 7:22He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
- Proverbs 7:26For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
- Proverbs 9:18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
- Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And 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.
- Jeremiah 3:2“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 prostitution and wickedness.
- Hosea 4:11Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
- 1 Corinthians 10:8We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
- Revelation 17:1Then 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.
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