Proverbs 5:4
But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
In Context
3For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
5Her feet go down to death, and her steps to the underworld;
Cross References
Judges 16:15And she said to him, Why do you say you are my lover when your heart is not mine? Three times you have made sport of me, and have not made clear to me the secret of your great strength.
Psalms 57:4\57:3\He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.
Proverbs 7:22The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;
Proverbs 23:27For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:2-15
Parental Instructions; Cautions against Sensuality. 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7… Read the whole commentary →