Proverbs 23:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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.

Proverbs 23:28

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