Proverbs 5:4

But afterward thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, 1 And sharper than a two-edged sword. 1

Updated 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, 1 Who for a season pleases thy palate: 1

5For the feet of folly lead 1 Those who deal with her down to the grave with death; 1 And her steps are not established. 1

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Cross References

Judges 16:15And Delilah said to Samson, 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: 1 They go astray from the belly: they speak lies. 1

Proverbs 7:22And he followed her, being gently led on, 1 And that as an ox is led to the slaughter, 1 And as a dog to bonds, 1 Or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow: 1

Proverbs 23:27For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; 1 And a strange well is narrow. 1

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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