Proverbs 23:28

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. SHE ALSO LIETH IN WAIT AS (FOR) A PREY (OR AS RAPINE ITSELF: THE ABSTRACT FOR THE CONCRETE: OR A PLUNDERER), AND INCREASETH THE TRANSGRESSORS (AGAINST GOD AND THEIR NEIGHBOUR) AMONG MEN - by enticing men, married and unmarried, into her snares. The "also" implies that not only those who frequent her haunts are injured by her, but she also uses all means to entrap those hitherto safe. One whore alone can do immense mischief....

Verse Proverbs 23:28. _INCREASETH THE TRANSGRESSORS AMONG MEN._] More iniquity springs from this one source of evil, than from any other cause in the whole system of sin. _Women_ and _strong drink_ cause many millions to _transgress_....

Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Proverbs 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Proverbs 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it. REINS - See Job 19:27 note. Proverbs 23:17 ENVY SINNERS - Compare in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73:3; the feeling whi

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 23:1 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to the man of skill whom his talents had made the guest of kings. PROVERBS 23:1 WHEN THOU SITTEST TO EAT WITH A RULER. This, of course, would be a great honour to a man of lowly birth, or to one of the middle class, to whom the manners of courts and palaces were practically unknown. CONSIDER DILIGENTLY WHAT IS BEFORE THEE. So the Vulgate, _Qua apposita sunt ante faciem tuam_;_ _and the Septuagint, Τὰ παρατιθέμενά σοι_. _Take heed lest the unusual dainties on the table tempt thee to excess, which may lead not only to unseemly behavi

SHE ALSO LIETH IN WAIT AS [FOR] A PREY,.... At the door of her house, in the corner of the streets, in the dark of the night; laying her snares, and spreading her nets, for unwary persons, to make a prey of their virtue and of their money. Or, "as [a man of] prey" k; a thief and robber, so Gersom; thus she watches and takes all opportunities to seize on persons, and rob them of their substance, health, and credit; or rather "as [a beast of] prey"; ravenous, devouring, and insatiable; so the Targum, "as a beast ravening, she lies in wait with her eyes;'' AND INCREASETH THE TRANSGRESSORS AMONG MEN; there is none that occasions wore sin, or makes more sinners, than a whorish woman; swearing, lying, drunkenness, thieving, stealing, housebreaking, robbing on the highway, c. are the sins she leads into. Or, "increaseth treacherous" l persons to God, to their king, to their wives, to their ma...

CHAPTER 23 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED The opening proverbs of this chapter treat of self-restraint in curbing the appetite and give manners to be observed in the presence of a superior. Warnings against riches and their uncertainty are contained in Proverbs 23:4 and Proverbs 23:5. How well it would be if the great mass of professing Christians, and some true believers also, would consider this instruction: “Labor not to be rich.” But this exhortation as well as the exhortation in 1Ti 6:1-10 is overlooked, and many who profess to have their riches in Christ, in the heavenly places and never ending glory, weary themselves with earthly gain, and aim to become wealthy. But riches have wings; they can fly away swiftly as does the eagle when he mounts heavenward. This too is mentioned in the epistle to Timoth

It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverbs 23:1 we should render consider diligently what (_mg._) is set before thee, and in Proverbs 23:2 continue, For thou wilt put (_mg.)._ But possibly the general interpretation represented by RV is more suitable, and Proverbs 23:3 has come in by error from Proverbs 23:6, where it more naturally belongs. Proverbs 23:4 f. The uncertainty of riches. The general sense is clear, but the text is

TRANSGRESSORS. traitors....

_as_for _a prey_ Better, with A.V. marg., R.V. text, AS A ROBBER. _transgressors_ Better, TREACHEROUS. Those whom she seduces become in their turn seducers and untrustworthy in similar relations. _The Evils of Drunkenness_, Proverbs 23:29 ....

TEXT Proverbs 23:24-35 24. The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him. 25. Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice. 26. My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways. 27. For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit. 28. Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men. 29. Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? 30. They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine. 31. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth