Proverbs 5:4
but afterwards thou wilt find her + 5:4 Gr. a more bitter thing.more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
In Context
3for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate:
Cross References
Judges 16:15And Dalida said to Sampson, How sayest thou, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? this third time thou hast deceived me, and hast not told me wherein is thy great strength.
Psalms 57:4Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies.
Proverbs 7:22And he followed her, being gently led on, and that as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:
Proverbs 23:27For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.
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 →