The woman talked with Joseph every day, but Joseph refused to sleep with her.
Proverbs 23:28 - Easy To Read Version A bad woman waits for you like a thief. And she causes many men to become sinners. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, And increaseth the transgressors among men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She also lies in wait as a robber or as one waits for prey, and she increases the treacherous among men. American Standard Version (1901) Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men. Common English Bible Indeed, she ambushes like a robber and increases the number of the faithless. Catholic Public Domain Version She lies in wait along the way like a robber. And the incautious one whom she sees, she will put to death. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill. |
The woman talked with Joseph every day, but Joseph refused to sleep with her.
The sin of adultery is like a trap. The Lord will become very angry at the person who falls into that trap.
A prostitute {\cf2\super [6]} might cost a loaf of bread. But the wife of another man can cost you your life!
The woman came out of the house to meet him. She was dressed like a prostitute. {\cf2\super [8]} She had plans for the young man.
And those poor foolish people didn’t know that her house was filled only with ghosts. She (Foolishness) had invited them into the deepest parts of the place of death!
I also found that \{some women are dangerous like traps\}. Their hearts are like nets, and their arms are like chains. It is worse than death to be caught by those women. A person that follows God will run away from those women. But a sinner will be caught by them.
“Look up to the bare hilltops, Judah.\par Is there any place where you have not\par had sex with your lovers (false gods)?\par You have sat by the road waiting for lovers,\par like an Arab waiting in the desert.\par You made the land ‘dirty’!\par How? You did many bad things\par and you were unfaithful to me.\par
“Sexual sins, strong drink, and new wine will ruin a person’s ability to think straight.
The people of Israel were camped near Acacia. At that time, the men began doing sexual sins [310] with Moabite women.
We should not do sexual sins like some of those people did. In one day 23,000 of them died \{because of their sin\}.