Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
American Standard 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
2That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
Proverbs 7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
Proverbs 22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
Revelation 17:2with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and they that dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.
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 →