Proverbs 5:4

But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged sword!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

In Context

3For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;

5Her feet, are going down to death,—on hades, will her steps take firm hold.

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Cross References

Judges 16:15And she said unto him—How canst thou say, I love thee, when, thy heart, is not with me? These three times, hast thou laughed at me, and hast not told me wherein lieth thy great strength.

Psalms 57:4My soul, is in the midst of lions, I lie down amidst flames, As for the sons of men, Their teeth, are spear and arrows, And, their tongue, is a sharp sword.

Proverbs 7:22Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a fool.

Proverbs 23:27For, a deep chasm, is the unchaste woman, and, a narrow pit, the female unknown;

Hebrews 4:12For, living, is the word of God, and, energetic, and more cutting than any knife with two edges, and penetrating as far as a dividing asunder of soul and spirit, of joints also, and marrow, and able to judge the impulses and designs 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 →

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