Proverbs 5:3
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
Berean Standard Bible
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 you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
4in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
Revelation 17:2The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”
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 →