Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 23:28 in English Standard Version "She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind." Pr 7:12 now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait. Ec 7:26 And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.