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Proverbs 23:28

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

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  1. Proverbs 23:26

    My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

  2. Proverbs 23:27

    For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

  3. Proverbs 23:29

    Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

  4. Proverbs 23:30

    They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.