Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honey-comb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Webster Bible
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 mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger who flattereth with her words;
Proverbs 7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Proverbs 22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred by the LORD shall fall therein.
Revelation 17:2With whom the kings of the earth have committed lewd deeds, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her lewdness.
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 →