Proverbs 5:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,”
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“Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:”
King James Version · Public Domain“For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil <FI>is<Fi> her mouth,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 5:3 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 55:21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
- Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
- Proverbs 7:21With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
- Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- Revelation 17:2The 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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