CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Proverbs 23:28 Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/proverbs/23-28.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/10/20_Pro_23_28.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="Proverbs 23:28 - True Riches" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men." /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/proverbs/23-28.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/proverbs/23-28.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/proverbs/">Proverbs</a> > <a href="/proverbs/23.htm">Chapter 23</a> > Verse 28</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad8.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/proverbs/23-27.htm" title="Proverbs 23:27">◄</a> Proverbs 23:28 <a href="/proverbs/23-29.htm" title="Proverbs 23:29">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#audio" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Audio Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Cross </a> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Study Bible"> Study </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/proverbs/23.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/proverbs/23.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Like a bandit she lies in wait and multiplies the unfaithful among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/proverbs/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />She hides and waits like a robber, eager to make more men unfaithful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />She also lieth in wait as <i>for</i> a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />She also lies in wait as <i>for</i> a victim, And increases the unfaithful among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Certainly she lurks as a robber, And increases the treacherous among mankind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Surely she lurks as a robber, And increases the faithless among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Surely she lurks as a robber, And increases the faithless among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Surely she lies in wait as a robber, And adds to the treacherous among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />She lurks <i>and</i> lies in wait like a robber [who waits for prey], And she increases the faithless among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber and increases the number of unfaithful people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber and increases those among men who are unfaithful. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />they are waiting to attack you like a gang of robbers with victim after victim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />She is like a robber, lying in ambush. She spreads unfaithfulness throughout society.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They wait for you like robbers and cause many men to be unfaithful. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Surely she lies in wait like a bandit, increasing those who are faithless among mankind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />She also, as catching prey, lies in wait, "" And she increases the treacherous among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />She also will lie in wait as for prey, and she will add those transgressing among men.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />She lies in wait along the way like a robber. And the incautious one whom she sees, she will put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the number of the faithless. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />She lies in wait like a robber and increases the number of the faithless.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />She destroys men suddenly, and increases iniquity among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />She destroys suddenly and many evil men multiply.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />She also lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the faithless among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For such a one shall perish suddenly; and every transgressor shall be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/23-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=4764" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/23.htm">True Riches</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">27</span>For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. <span class="reftext">28</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2863.htm" title="2863: kə·ḥe·ṯep̄ (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- Prey. From chathaph; properly, rapine; figuratively, robbery.">Like a robber</a> <a href="/hebrew/637.htm" title="637: ’ap̄- (Conj) -- Also, yea. A primitive particle; meaning accession; also or yea; adversatively though."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">she</a> <a href="/hebrew/693.htm" title="693: te·’ĕ·rōḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To lie in wait. A primitive root; to lurk.">lies in wait</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: tō·w·sip̄ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">and multiplies</a> <a href="/hebrew/898.htm" title="898: ū·ḇō·wḡ·ḏîm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To act or deal treacherously. A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage.">the faithless</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: bə·’ā·ḏām (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">among men.</a> </span><span class="reftext">29</span>Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/7-10.htm">Proverbs 7:10-12</a></span><br />Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart. / She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home. / Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-24.htm">Proverbs 6:24-26</a></span><br />to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. / Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. / For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/2-16.htm">Proverbs 2:16-19</a></span><br />It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words / who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. / For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/5-3.htm">Proverbs 5:3-6</a></span><br />Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, / in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword. / Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13-18</a></span><br />The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. / She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city, / calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/22-14.htm">Proverbs 22:14</a></span><br />The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-26.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:26</a></span><br />And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/16-4.htm">Judges 16:4-21</a></span><br />Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. / The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.” / So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/39-7.htm">Genesis 39:7-12</a></span><br />and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” / But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care. / No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">Jeremiah 3:2-3</a></span><br />“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness. / Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-28.htm">Matthew 5:28</a></span><br />But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-18.htm">1 Corinthians 6:18</a></span><br />Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a></span><br />But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3-5</a></span><br />For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm">2 Peter 2:14</a></span><br />Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">She also lies in wait as for a prey, and increases the transgressors among men.</p><p class="hdg">as for a prey or as a robber</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/2-16.htm">Proverbs 2:16-19</a></b></br> To deliver thee from the strange woman, <i>even</i> from the stranger <i>which</i> flattereth with her words; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/7-12.htm">Proverbs 7:12,22-27</a></b></br> Now <i>is she</i> without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/9-18.htm">Proverbs 9:18</a></b></br> But he knoweth not that the dead <i>are</i> there; <i>and that</i> her guests <i>are</i> in the depths of hell.</p><p class="hdg">increaseth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1</a></b></br> And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Hosea 4:11</a></b></br> Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/10-8.htm">1 Corinthians 10:8</a></b></br> Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/6-11.htm">Bandit</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-10.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-33.htm">Catching</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-3.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-12.htm">Faithless</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-8.htm">Food</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-23.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-21.htm">Increases</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-23.htm">Increaseth</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-9.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/job/35-16.htm">Multiplies</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-27.htm">Prey</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-11.htm">Robber</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-28.htm">Secretly</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-18.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-15.htm">Transgressors</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-12.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-22.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-22.htm">Waiting</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/24-34.htm">Bandit</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-2.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/luke/5-10.htm">Catching</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-19.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-19.htm">Faithless</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-21.htm">Food</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-2.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-5.htm">Increases</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-5.htm">Increaseth</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-34.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-6.htm">Multiplies</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-29.htm">Prey</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-34.htm">Robber</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-23.htm">Secretly</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-2.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-10.htm">Transgressors</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-19.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-15.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-18.htm">Waiting</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/23-1.htm">Consider carefully what is before you</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/23.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/proverbs/23.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Like a robber she lies in wait</b><br>This phrase suggests a sense of danger and deceit, akin to a thief who ambushes unsuspecting victims. In biblical times, robbers often hid along roadsides or in secluded areas to attack travelers, reflecting the perilous nature of ancient travel. This imagery is used to describe the seductive and destructive nature of certain temptations, particularly those related to immorality. The comparison to a robber highlights the stealth and cunning involved, as well as the potential for spiritual and moral harm. This aligns with other biblical warnings against deceit and temptation, such as in <a href="/proverbs/7-12.htm">Proverbs 7:12</a>, where the adulteress is described as lurking at every corner.<p><b>and multiplies the faithless among men</b><br>This part of the verse emphasizes the corrupting influence of such temptations, leading many to stray from faithfulness. The term "faithless" refers to those who abandon their commitments, whether to God, family, or community. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, faithfulness was a core value, integral to one's relationship with God and others. The multiplication of the faithless suggests a widespread impact, where one person's fall can lead to a ripple effect, influencing others to follow suit. This is reminiscent of the warnings in <a href="/1_corinthians/15-33.htm">1 Corinthians 15:33</a>, which cautions that bad company corrupts good character. The verse serves as a reminder of the importance of vigilance and the potential consequences of moral compromise.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_seductress.htm">The Seductress</a></b><br>This verse personifies the seductress as a dangerous figure, akin to a robber, who lies in wait to ensnare the unsuspecting. She represents temptation and moral corruption.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_victims.htm">The Victims</a></b><br>The "faithless among men" refers to those who fall prey to her allure, leading them away from righteousness and fidelity.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_setting.htm">The Setting</a></b><br>The imagery of lying in wait suggests a hidden or secretive place, emphasizing the stealth and deceit involved in temptation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/v/vigilance_against_temptation.htm">Vigilance Against Temptation</a></b><br>Just as a robber lies in wait, temptation often comes when we least expect it. Christians must remain vigilant and guard their hearts against moral pitfalls.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_infidelity.htm">The Consequences of Infidelity</a></b><br>Falling into temptation can lead to a life of faithlessness, damaging relationships with God and others. Recognize the long-term consequences of short-term indulgence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_wisdom.htm">The Importance of Wisdom</a></b><br>Proverbs consistently emphasizes the value of wisdom. Seek God's wisdom to discern and avoid the traps set by the seductress.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/accountability_and_community.htm">Accountability and Community</a></b><br>Surround yourself with a community of believers who can provide support and accountability, helping you to stay on the path of righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/relying_on_god's_strength.htm">Relying on God's Strength</a></b><br>In moments of temptation, rely on God's strength and the guidance of the Holy Spirit to overcome and choose faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_didn't_tribes_fully_possess_land.htm">If the land division was divinely ordained, why do other biblical accounts (e.g., Judges 1) describe tribes failing to fully possess these assigned territories?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_view_on_flattery.htm">What is the Bible's view on flattery?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_proverbs_4_18_with_reality.htm">How do we reconcile Proverbs 4:18, claiming the righteous path grows ever brighter, with real-world moral ambiguity and suffering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'dross'_mean_in_the_bible.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on gangs?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(28) <span class= "bld">Increaseth the transgressors </span>(faithless) <span class= "bld">among men.</span>--This vice being the fruitful source of faithlessness both towards man and God.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 28.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">She also lieth in wait as for a</span> <span class="cmt_word">prey.</span> "Yea, she [<a href="/proverbs/22-19.htm">Proverbs 22:19</a>] lieth in wait," as is graphically described in ch. 7. (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">Jeremiah 3:2</a>). <span class="accented">Chetheph</span> is better taken, not as "prey," but in a concrete sense as the person who snatches it, the robber. Vulgate, <span class="accented">Insidiatur in via quasi latro</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/10-9.htm">Psalm 10:9</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And increaseth the transgressors among men.</span> The Greek and Latin versions have taken <span class="hebrew">רוסִיפ</span> as meaning "kills," "destroys." But the verb <span class="accented">yasaph</span> always means "to add," here "to multiply." The special transgression indicated is treachery or faithlessness. The harlot leads her victim to be faithless to his God, his wife, his parents, his tutor, his master. Septuagint, "For he shall perish suddenly, and every transgressor shall be destroyed." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/23-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Like a robber</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּחֶ֣תֶף</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḥe·ṯep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2863.htm">Strong's 2863: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rapine, robbery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she</span><br /><span class="heb">הִ֭יא</span> <span class="translit">(hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lies in wait</span><br /><span class="heb">תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(te·’ĕ·rōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_693.htm">Strong's 693: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lie in wait</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and multiplies</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹסִֽף׃</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·sip̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To add, augment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the faithless</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇō·wḡ·ḏîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_898.htm">Strong's 898: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cover, to act covertly, to pillage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among men.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאָדָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruddy, a human being</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/23-28.htm">Proverbs 23:28 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/23-28.htm">Proverbs 23:28 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/23-28.htm">Proverbs 23:28 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/23-28.htm">Proverbs 23:28 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/23-28.htm">Proverbs 23:28 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/23-28.htm">Proverbs 23:28 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/23-28.htm">Proverbs 23:28 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/23-28.htm">Proverbs 23:28 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/23-28.htm">Proverbs 23:28 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/23-28.htm">Proverbs 23:28 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/23-28.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 23:28 Yes she lies in wait like (Prov. Pro Pr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/proverbs/23-27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 23:27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 23:27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/proverbs/23-29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 23:29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 23:29" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>