Proverbs 5:4
But the end of her is bitter as wormewood, and sharpe as a two edged sworde.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
In Context
3For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.
5Her feete goe downe to death, and her steps take holde on hell.
Cross References
Judges 16:15Againe shee sayde vnto him, Howe canst thou say, I loue thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked mee these three times, and hast not tolde me wherein thy great strength lieth.
Psalms 57:4My soule is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sworde.
Proverbs 7:22And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction,
Proverbs 23:27For a whore is as a deepe ditche, and a strange woman is as a narrowe pitte.
Hebrews 4:12For the worde of God is liuely, and mightie in operation, and sharper then any two edged sword, and entreth through, euen vnto the diuiding asunder of the soule and the spirit, and of the ioints, and the marow, and is a discerner of the thoughtes, and the 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 →