Proverbs 23:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 7:12 : 12 Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
  • Jer 3:2 : 2 Let your eyes be lifted up to the open hilltops, and see; where have you not been taken by your lovers? You have been seated waiting for them by the wayside like an Arabian in the waste land; you have made the land unclean with your loose ways and your evil-doing.
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.
  • 1 Cor 10:8 : 8 Again, let us not give way to the desires of the flesh, as some of them did, of whom twenty-three thousand came to their end in one day.
  • Rev 17:1-2 : 1 And one of the seven angels who had the seven vessels came and said to me, Come here, so that you may see the judging of the evil woman who is seated on the great waters; 2 With whom the kings of the earth made themselves unclean, and those who are on the earth were full of the wine of her evil desires.
  • Prov 7:22-27 : 22 The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord; 23 Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side. 24 So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth; 25 Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps. 26 For those wounded and made low by her are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through her are a great army. 27 Her house is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death.
  • Prov 9:18 : 18 But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld.
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.
  • Num 25:1 : 1 Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:
  • Judg 16:4-9 : 4 Now after this, he was in love with a woman in the valley of Sorek, named Delilah. 5 And the chiefs of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Make use of your power over him and see what is the secret of his great strength, and how we may get the better of him, and put bands on him, so that we may make him feeble; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver. 6 So Delilah said to Samson, Make clear to me now what is the secret of your great strength, and how you may be put in bands and made feeble. 7 And Samson said to her, If seven new bow-cords which have never been made dry are knotted round me, I will become feeble and will be like any other man. 8 So the chiefs of the Philistines gave her seven new bow-cords which had never been made dry, and she had them tightly knotted round him. 9 Now she had men waiting secretly in the inner room; and she said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And the cords were broken by him as a twist of thread is broken when touched by a flame. So the secret of his strength did not come to light. 10 Then Delilah said to Samson, See, you have been making sport of me with false words; now, say truly how may you be put in bands? 11 And he said to her, If they only put round me new thick cords which have never been used, then I will become feeble and will be like any other man. 12 So Delilah took new thick cords, knotting them tightly round him, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And men were waiting secretly in the inner room. And the cords were broken off his arms like threads. 13 Then Delilah said to Samson, Up to now you have made sport of me with false words; now say truly, how may you be put in bands? And he said to her, If you get the seven twists of my hair worked into the cloth you are making and fixed with the pin, I will become feeble and will be like any other man. 14 So while he was sleeping she got the seven twists of his hair worked into her cloth and fixed with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. Then awaking from his sleep, he got up quickly, pulling up cloth and machine together. 15 And she said to him, Why do you say you are my lover when your heart is not mine? Three times you have made sport of me, and have not made clear to me the secret of your great strength. 16 So day after day she gave him no peace, for ever questioning him till his soul was troubled to death. 17 And opening all his heart to her, he said to her, My head has never been touched by a blade, for I have been separate to God from the day of my birth: if my hair is cut off, then my strength will go from me and I will become feeble, and will be like any other man. 18 And when Delilah saw that he had let her see into his heart, she sent word to the chiefs of the Philistines saying, Come up this time, for he has let out all his heart to me. Then the chiefs of the Philistines came to her, with the money in their hands. 19 And she made him go to sleep on her knees; and she sent for a man and had his seven twists of hair cut off; and while it was being done he became feeble and his strength went from him. 20 Then she said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And awaking from his sleep, he said, I will go out as at other times, shaking myself free. But he was not conscious that the Lord had gone from him. 21 So the Philistines took him and put out his eyes; then they took him down to Gaza, and, chaining him with bands of brass, put him to work crushing grain in the prison-house. 22 But the growth of his hair was starting again after it had been cut off.
  • Prov 2:16-19 : 16 To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue; 17 Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind: 18 For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades: 19 Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:27
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    27For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.

  • Prov 7:10-12
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    10And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;

    11She is full of noise and uncontrolled; her feet keep not in her house.

    12Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.

  • Jer 5:26-27
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    26For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.

    27As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.

  • Prov 6:26
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    26For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

  • Prov 7:25-27
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    25Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

    26For those wounded and made low by her are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through her are a great army.

    27Her house is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death.

  • Prov 1:16-18
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    16For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

    17Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

    18And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!

  • Prov 30:20
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    20This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.

  • Prov 7:21-22
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    21With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.

    22The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

  • Prov 5:3-5
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    3For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

    4But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;

    5Her feet go down to death, and her steps to the underworld;

  • Prov 1:11
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    11If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

  • Prov 2:18
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    18For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

  • Ezek 23:14
    69%

    14And her loose behaviour became worse; for she saw men pictured on a wall, pictures of the Chaldaeans painted in bright red,

  • Prov 23:33
    69%

    33Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.

  • Job 39:29-30
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    69%

    29Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?

    30Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high?

  • Prov 2:15-16
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    69%

    15Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

    16To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

  • Prov 9:14
    69%

    14Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town,

  • Prov 6:24
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    24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

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    11Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

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    56The most soft and delicate of your women, who would not so much as put her foot on the earth, so delicate is she, will be hard-hearted to her husband and to her son and to her daughter;

    57And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

  • Ps 10:9
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    9He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.

  • Job 18:10
    68%

    10The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

  • Ezek 23:43
    68%

    43Then I said ... now she will go on with her loose ways.

  • Prov 7:5
    68%

    5So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

  • Prov 23:29
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    29Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?

  • Prov 16:29
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    29A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.

  • Prov 28:28
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    28When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.

  • Prov 9:3
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    3She has sent out her women-servants; her voice goes out to the highest places of the town, saying,

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

  • Ps 7:14
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    14That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

  • Hos 6:9
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    9And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design.

  • Prov 29:5
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    5A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.

  • Ezek 22:25
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    25Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her.

  • Jer 6:7
    67%

    7As the spring keeps its waters cold, so she keeps her evil in her: the sound of cruel and violent behaviour is in her; before me at all times are disease and wounds.

  • Job 15:35
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    35Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.