Proverbs 5:3
For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
2That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.
4But the end of her is bitter as wormewood, and sharpe as a two edged sworde.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.
Proverbs 7:5That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.
Proverbs 22:14The mouth of strage women is as a deepe pit: he with whom the Lord is angry, shall fall therein.
Revelation 17:2With whom haue committed fornication the Kings of the earth, and the inhabitants of the earth are drunken with the wine of her fornication.
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 →