Proverbs 23:28

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Prov 7:12 : 12 Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart `is' nets and snares, her hands `are' bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.
  • Jer 3:2 : 2 Lift thine eyes to the high places, and see, Where hast thou not been lain with? On the ways thou hast sat for them, As an Arab in a wilderness, And thou defilest the land, By thy fornications, and by thy wickedness.
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,
  • 1 Cor 10:8 : 8 neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;
  • Rev 17:1-2 : 1 And there came one of the seven messengers, who were having the seven vials, and he spake with me, saying to me, `Come, I will shew to thee the judgment of the great whore, who is sitting upon the many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth did commit whoredom; and made drunk from the wine of her whoredom were those inhabiting the earth;'
  • Prov 7:22-27 : 22 He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool, 23 Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it `is' for its life. 24 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth. 25 Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths, 26 For many `are' the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty `are' all her slain ones. 27 The ways of Sheol -- her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!
  • Prov 9:18 : 18 And he hath not known that Rephaim `are' there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 A deep pit `is' the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.
  • Num 25:1 : 1 And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab,
  • Judg 16:4-9 : 4 And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name `is' Delilah, 5 and the princes of the Philistines come up unto her, and say to her, `Entice him, and see wherein his great power `is', and wherein we are able for him -- and we have bound him to afflict him, and we -- we give to thee, each one, eleven hundred silverlings.' 6 And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, wherein thy great power `is', and wherewith thou art bound, to afflict thee.' 7 And Samson saith unto her, `If they bind me with seven green withs which have not been dried, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.' 8 And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green withs which have not been dried, and she bindeth him with them. 9 And the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber, and she saith unto him, `Philistines `are' upon thee, Samson;' and he breaketh the withs as a thread of tow is broken in its smelling fire, and his power hath not been known. 10 And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Lo, thou hast played upon me, and speakest unto me lies; now, declare, I pray thee, to me, wherewith thou art bound.' 11 And he saith unto her, `If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work hath not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.' 12 And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, `Philistines `are' upon thee, Samson;' and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread. 13 And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Hitherto thou hast played upon me, and dost speak unto me lies; declare to me wherewith thou art bound.' And he saith unto her, `If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.' 14 And she fixeth `it' with the pin, and saith unto him, `Philistines `are' upon thee, Samson;' and he awaketh out of his sleep, and journeyeth with the pin of the weaving machine, and with the web. 15 And she saith unto him, `How dost thou say, I have loved thee, and thy heart is not with me? these three times thou hast played upon me, and hast not declared to me wherein thy great power `is'.' 16 And it cometh to pass, because she distressed him with her words all the days, and doth urge him, and his soul is grieved to death, 17 that he declareth to her all his heart, and saith to her, `A razor hath not gone up on my head, for a Nazarite to God I `am' from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then hath my power turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as any of the human race.' 18 And Delilah seeth that he hath declared to her all his heart, and she sendeth and calleth for the princes of the Philistines, saying, `Come up this time, for he hath declared to me all his heart;' and the princes of the Philistines have come up unto her, and bring up the money in their hand. 19 and she maketh him sleep on her knees, and calleth for a man, and shaveth the seven locks of his head, and beginneth to afflict him, and his power turneth aside from off him; 20 and she saith, `Philistines `are' upon thee, Samson;' and he awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, `I go out as time by time, and shake myself;' and he hath not known that Jehovah hath turned aside from off him. 21 And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house. 22 And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven,
  • Prov 2:16-19 : 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings, 17 Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten. 18 For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths. 19 None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

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    27For a harlot `is' a deep ditch, And a strange woman `is' a strait pit.

  • Prov 7:10-12
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    10And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,

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  • Jer 5:26-27
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    26For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.

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  • Prov 6:26
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    26For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

  • Prov 7:25-27
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    25Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

    26For many `are' the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty `are' all her slain ones.

    27The ways of Sheol -- her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!

  • Prov 1:16-18
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    16For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.

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  • Prov 30:20
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  • Prov 7:21-22
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    21She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

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    14A deep pit `is' the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart `is' nets and snares, her hands `are' bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.

  • Prov 5:3-5
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    70%

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

    4And her latter end `is' bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword `with' mouths.

    5Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.

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    11If they say, `Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,

  • Prov 2:18
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    18For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

  • Ezek 23:14
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    14And she doth add unto her whoredoms, And she seeth graved men on the wall, Pictures of Chaldeans, graved with red lead,

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    33Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.

  • Job 39:29-30
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    29From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively,

    30And his brood gulph up blood, And where the pierced `are' -- there `is' he!

  • Prov 2:15-16
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    15Whose paths `are' crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

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    14And she hath sat at the opening of her house, On a throne -- the high places of the city,

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    56`The tender woman in thee, and the delicate, who hath not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness -- her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter,

    57and against her seed which cometh out from between her feet, even against her sons whom she doth bear, for she doth eat them for the lacking of all things in secret, in the siege and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee within thy gates.

  • Ps 10:9
    69%

    9He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.

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    68%

    10Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.

  • Ezek 23:43
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    43And I say of the worn-out one in adulteries, Now they commit her whoredoms -- she also!

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    5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

  • Prov 23:29
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    29Who hath wo? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

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    29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.

  • Prov 28:28
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    28In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!

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    3She hath sent forth her damsels, She crieth on the tops of the high places of the city:

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked `is' an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.

  • Ps 7:14
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    14Lo, he travaileth `with' iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood.

  • Hos 6:9
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    9And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder -- the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.

  • Prov 29:5
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    5A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.

  • Ezek 22:25
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    25A conspiracy of its prophets `is' in its midst, as a roaring lion tearing prey; The soul they have devoured, Wealth and glory they have taken, Its widows have multiplied in its midst.

  • Jer 6:7
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    7As the digging of a well, is `for' its waters, So she hath digged `for' her wickedness, Violence and spoil is heard in her, Before My face continually `are' sickness and smiting.

  • Job 15:35
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    35To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.