Proverbs 23:28

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Prov 7:12 : 12 Now [is she] without, now in the streets, 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] her hands [as] 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 high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the 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 heart.
  • 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 which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk 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 a fool to the correction of the stocks; 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life. 24 ¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her. 27 Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
  • Prov 9:18 : 18 But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 ¶ The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
  • Num 25:1 : 1 ¶ And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom 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 withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 9 Now [there were] men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines [be] upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread 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 bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines [be] upon thee, Samson. And [there were] liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from 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 [be] upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine 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, [so] that his soul was vexed unto death; 17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I [have been] a Nazarite 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 shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave 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 [be] upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. 21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and 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 stranger [which] flattereth with her words; 17 Which forsaketh the guide 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 take they hold of the paths of life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:27
    77%

    27For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.

  • Prov 7:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

    11(She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

    12Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

  • Jer 5:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; 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 waxen rich.

  • Prov 6:26
    73%

    26For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

  • Prov 7:25-27
    3 verses
    73%

    25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

    26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her.

    27Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

  • Prov 1:16-18
    3 verses
    72%

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

    17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

    18And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.

  • Ezek 16:32
    72%

    32[But as] a wife that committeth adultery, [which] taketh strangers instead of her husband!

  • Prov 30:20
    72%

    20Such [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 caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

    22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

  • Prov 22:14
    71%

    14¶ The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

  • Eccl 7:26
    71%

    26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] 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 [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:

    4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

    5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

  • 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 [that] she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,

  • Prov 23:33
    69%

    33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

  • Job 39:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.

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

  • Prov 2:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;

  • Prov 9:14
    69%

    14For 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 tongue of a strange woman.

  • Ps 55:11
    69%

    11Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

  • Deut 28:56-57
    2 verses
    69%

    56The tender and delicate woman among you, which 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 which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all [things] secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

  • Ps 10:9
    69%

    9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

  • Job 18:10
    68%

    10The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

  • Ezek 23:43
    68%

    43Then said I unto [her that was] old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she [with them]?

  • Prov 7:5
    68%

    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 23:29
    68%

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

  • Prov 16:29
    68%

    29¶ A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way [that is] not good.

  • Prov 28:28
    68%

    28¶ When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • Prov 9:3
    68%

    3She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

  • Prov 21:18
    68%

    18¶ The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  • Ps 7:14
    68%

    14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and 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 by consent: for they commit lewdness.

  • Prov 29:5
    68%

    5¶ A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

  • Ezek 22:25
    67%

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

  • Jer 6:7
    67%

    7As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually [is] grief and wounds.

  • Job 15:35
    67%

    35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.