Proverbs 5:4
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Updated King James Version
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 as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Cross References
Judges 16:15And she said unto him, How can you say, I love you, when yours heart is not with me? you have mocked me these three times, and have not told me wherein your great strength lies.
Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions: and I lie even 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 goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Proverbs 23:27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Hebrews 4:12For the word (o. logos) of God is active, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, (o. pneuma) and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of 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 →