Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;

Proverbs 7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words.

Proverbs 22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

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 →

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