Proverbs 5:3
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
4 in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- KJV
- For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
- WEB
- For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
- ASV
- For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
- DARBY
- For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
- BLB
- For the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey, and smoother than oil [is] her palate;
- ÅB
- For en fremmed kvinnes lepper drypper av honning, og glattere enn olje er hennes tunge;
- OTB
- For en utro kvinnes lepper drypper av honning, og hennes tale er glattere enn olje;
- B1930
- For en fremmed kvinnes leber drypper av honning, og glattere enn olje er hennes tunge;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 2:16
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
Read in contextProverbs 6:24
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Read in contextProverbs 7:21
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
Read in contextPsalms 55:21
His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
Read in contextProverbs 7:5
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
Read in contextRevelation 17:2–6
The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”
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