Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. 2 Her mouth is smoother than oil, 1

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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, 2 that your lips may preserve knowledge. 1

4But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, 2 and as sharp as a two-edged sword. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:16To deliver you from the strange woman, 2 even from the foreigner who flatters with her words; 1

Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the strange woman, 2 from the foreigner who flatters with her words. 1

Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: 2 he who is under Adonai’s wrath will fall into it. 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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