Proverbs 5:4
And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, || Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.
Literal Standard Version
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 are going down to death, || Her steps take hold of Sheol.
Cross References
Judges 16:15And she says to him, “How do you say, I have loved you, and your heart is not with me? These three times you have played on me, and have not declared to me wherein your great power [is].”
Psalms 57:4My soul [is] in the midst of lions, || I lie down [among] flames—sons of men, || Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, || And their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 7:22He is going after her straight away, he comes as an ox to the slaughter, || And as a chain to the discipline of a fool,
Proverbs 23:27For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, || And a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
Hebrews 4:12for the Word of God is living, and working, and sharper—beyond every two-edged sword—and piercing as far as [the] division of soul and spirit, of joints and also marrows, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;
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 →