Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of an adulteress drip with honey 1 and her mouth is smoother than oil, 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
2so you may learn about discretion 1 and your lips may protect knowledge. 1
4but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, 1 cutting like a sharp sword. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16Wisdom and discretion will save you from an adulterous woman, 1 from an immoral woman and her flattering words. 1
Proverbs 7:5in order to keep yourself from the adulterous woman, 1 from the immoral woman with her smooth words. 1
Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; 1 Yahweh's anger is stirred up against anyone who falls into it. 1
Revelation 17:2It is with her that the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality. It is with the wine of her sexual immorality that the earth's inhabitants became drunk.”
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 →