Proverbs 23:28

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Prov 7:12 : 12 Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. [
  • Jer 3:2 : 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
  • 1 Cor 10:8 : 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
  • Rev 17:1-2 : 1 And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters; 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and they that dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.
  • Prov 7:22-27 : 22 He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool; 23 Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life. 24 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host. 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.
  • Prov 9:18 : 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
  • Num 25:1 : 1 And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:
  • Judg 16:4-9 : 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred [pieces] of silver. 6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. 7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man. 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 9 Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withes, as a string of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. 10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. 11 And he said unto her, If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man. 12 So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them off his arms like a thread. 13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. 14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web. 15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. 16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death. 17 And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath told me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought the money in their hand. 19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 20 And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he knew not that Jehovah was departed from him. 21 And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house. 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
  • Prov 2:16-19 : 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words; 17 That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God: 18 For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead; 19 None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:27
    77%

    27For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

  • Prov 7:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

    11(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:

    12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)

  • Jer 5:26-27
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    74%

    26For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

    27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

  • Prov 6:26
    73%

    26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

  • Prov 7:25-27
    3 verses
    73%

    25Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

    26For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

    27Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.

  • Prov 1:16-18
    3 verses
    72%

    16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

    17For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

    18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

  • Ezek 16:32
    72%

    32A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!

  • Prov 30:20
    72%

    20So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

    22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;

  • Prov 22:14
    71%

    14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

  • Eccl 7:26
    71%

    26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. [

  • Prov 5:3-5
    3 verses
    70%

    3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

    4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

    5Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;

  • Prov 1:11
    70%

    11If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

  • Prov 2:18
    70%

    18For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

  • Ezek 23:14
    69%

    14And she increased her whoredoms; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

  • Prov 23:33
    69%

    33Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

  • Job 39:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off.

    30Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.

  • Prov 2:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

  • Prov 9:14
    69%

    14And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,

  • Prov 6:24
    69%

    24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

  • Ps 55:11
    69%

    11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

  • Deut 28:56-57
    2 verses
    69%

    56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

    57and toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

  • Ps 10:9
    69%

    9He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

  • Job 18:10
    68%

    10A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.

  • Ezek 23:43
    68%

    43Then said I of her that was old in adulteries, Now will they play the harlot with her, and she [with them] .

  • Prov 7:5
    68%

    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 23:29
    68%

    29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

  • Prov 16:29
    68%

    29A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

  • Prov 28:28
    68%

    28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • Prov 9:3
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    3She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous [cometh] in the stead of the upright.

  • Ps 7:14
    68%

    14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

  • Hos 6:9
    68%

    9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

  • Prov 29:5
    68%

    5A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.

  • Ezek 22:25
    67%

    25There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.

  • Jer 6:7
    67%

    7As a well casteth forth its waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.

  • Job 15:35
    67%

    35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.