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Proverbs 23:28
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Proverbs 23:28 · King James Version
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Proverbs 23:28 in other translations
Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
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In context
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
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