Proverbs 23:28 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 23:28

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

KJV

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ASV

Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.

WEB

Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

YLT

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

DBT

She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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Ecclesiastes 7:26
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.
Proverbs 7:12
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Hosea 4:11
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
1 Corinthians 10:8
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.

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A solemn warning against whoredom and drunkenness (Ho 4:11). give me--This is the address of that divine wisdom so often presented (Pr 8:1; 9:3, &c.). heart--confidence. observe--keep. my ways--such as I teach you (Pr 3:17;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

It is like a deep ditch and a narrow pit, which it is almost impossible to get out of; and therefore it is wisdom to keep far enough from the brink of it. Take heed of making any approaches towards this sin, because it is so hard to make a retreat from it, conscience, which should head the retreat, being debauched by it, and divine grace forfeited.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

increaseth . . . transgressors-- (Pr 5:8-10). The vice alluded to is peculiarly hardening to the heart. This picture is often sadly realized now. mixed wine--(Compare Pr 9:2;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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