Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16That thou mayst be delivered from the strange woman, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words;
Proverbs 7:5That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.
Proverbs 22:14The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.
Revelation 17:2With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication. And they who inhabit the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her whoredom.
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 →