Proverbs 5:4
But her latter end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
In Context
3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol;
Cross References
Judges 16:15And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 7:22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as fetters to the correction of the fool;
Proverbs 23:27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and 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 →