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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 · Webster Bible
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Proverbs 23:28 in other translations
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
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.
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In context
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.
26 My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways.
27 For a lewd woman [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 its color in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.
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