Proverbs 5:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 2:16 : 16 To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.
  • Prov 6:24 : 24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.
  • Prov 7:21 : 21 With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.
  • Rev 17:2-6 : 2 With whom the kings of the earth made themselves unclean, and those who are on the earth were full of the wine of her evil desires. 3 And he took me away in the Spirit into a waste land: and I saw a woman seated on a bright red beast, full of evil names, having seven heads and ten horns, 4 And the woman was clothed in purple and bright red, with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels; and in her hand was a gold cup full of evil things and her unclean desires; 5 And on her brow was a name, SECRET, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE EVIL WOMEN AND OF THE UNCLEAN THINGS OF THE EARTH. 6 And I saw the woman overcome as with the wine of the blood of the saints, and the blood of those put to death because of Jesus. And when I saw her, I was overcome with a great wonder.

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    4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;

  • Prov 5:2
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    2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 7:5
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    5 So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

    25 Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

    26 For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14 The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.

  • Prov 2:16
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    16 To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

  • Prov 5:19-20
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    19 As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.

    20 Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

  • Prov 23:27
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    27 For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.

  • Prov 7:21-22
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    21 With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.

    22 The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

  • Song 4:11
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    11 Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.

  • Prov 23:32-33
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    32 In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.

    33 Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.

  • Prov 30:20
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    20 This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.

  • Prov 5:8
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    8 Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;

  • Prov 7:25
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    25 Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

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    9 And the roof of your mouth like good wine flowing down smoothly for my loved one, moving gently over my lips and my teeth.

  • Prov 20:15
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    15 There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

  • Prov 7:12-13
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    12 Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.

    13 So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:

  • Song 5:13
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    13 His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6 She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

  • Prov 27:16
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    16 He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32 The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!

  • Song 1:2
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    2 Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine.

  • Ps 55:21
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    21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26 And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

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    24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

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    3 Your red lips are like a bright thread, and your mouth is fair of form; the sides of your head are like pomegranate fruit under your veil.

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    17 Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

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    5 Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.

  • Prov 16:23-24
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    23 The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

    24 Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

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    22 Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.

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    12 The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18 For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

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    103 How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!

  • Prov 31:26
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    26 Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue.

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    32 The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

  • Prov 26:23
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    23 Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste.

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    21 The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

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    10 And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;

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    2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

  • Prov 18:7
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    7 The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

  • Ps 19:10
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    10 More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7 The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

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    17 Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.