Proverbs 5:4
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
In Context
3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on the nether-world;
Cross References
Judges 16:15And she said unto him: 'How canst thou say: I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.'
Psalms 57:4(57-5) My soul is among lions, I do lie down among them that are aflame; even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 7:22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox that goeth to the slaughter, or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;
Proverbs 23:27For a harlot is a deep ditch; and an alien woman is a narrow pit.
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 →