Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a loose woman are like a dripping honeycomb, and her voice is smoother than oil.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
In Context
4But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16So may you be rescued from the foreign woman, and from the outsider, who softens her speech,
Proverbs 7:5So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.
Proverbs 22:14The mouth of a foreign woman is a deep pit; the Lord was angry with him who will fall into it.
Revelation 17:2With her, the kings of the earth have fornicated. And those who inhabit the earth have been inebriated by the wine of her prostitution.”
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 →