Proverbs 5:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.”
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BSBPD
“in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And her latter end <FI>is<Fi> bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword <FI>with<Fi> mouths.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 5:4 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 16:4Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
- Judges 16:15“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
- 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.
- Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- Proverbs 7:22He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
- Proverbs 9:18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
- Proverbs 23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
- 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.
- Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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