Proverbs 5:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

But at ye last she is as bitter as wormwod, and as sharpe as a two edged swerde.

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  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I founde, that a woman is bytterer then death: for she is a very angle, hir hert is a nett, and hir handes are cheynes. Who so pleaseth God shal escape from her, but the synner will be taken wt her.
  • Heb 4:12 : 12 For ye worde of God is quycke, and mightie in operacion, and sharper the eny two edged swerde, and entreth thorow, euen to the deuydinge of the soule & the sprete, and of ye ioyntes & the mary, and is a iudger of the thoughtes & intetes of the hert,
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 O cast thy burthen (or care) vpon the LORDE, he shal norish the, and not leaue the rightuous in vnquietnesse.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 Sela. This shal God sende, for his mercy and faithfulnesse sake. I lye with my soule amonge the cruell lyons:
  • Prov 6:24-35 : 24 that they maye kepe the fro the euell woman, & from the flaterynge tonge of the harlott: 25 yt thou lust not after her beuty in thine herte, & lest thou be take wt hir fayre lokes. 26 An harlot wil make a ma to begg his bred, but a maried woman wil hunt for ye precious life. 27 Maye a man take fyre in his bosome, and his clothes not be brent? 28 Or can one go vpon hote coales, and his fete not be hurte? 29 Euen so, who so euer goeth in to his neghbours wife, and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie. 30 Men do not vtterly despyse a thefe, that stealeth to satisfie his soule, when he is hongerie: 31 but yf he maye be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes asmoch, or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house. 32 But who so comitteth aduoutrie with a woma, he is a foole, and bryngeth his life to destruccion. 33 He getteth him self also shame & dishonor, soch as shal neuer be put out. 34 For the gelousy & wrath of the ma will not be itreated, 35 no though thou woldest ofre him greate giftes to make amendes, he will not receaue them.
  • Prov 7:22-23 : 22 Immediatly he foloweth her, as it were an oxeled to the slaughter (and like as it were to the stockes, where fooles are punyshed) 23 so longe till she hath wounded his lyuer with hir darte: like as yf a byrde haisted to the snare, not knowinge that the parell of his life lyeth there vpo.
  • Prov 9:18 : 18 But they cosider not that death is there, and that hir gestes go downe to hell.
  • Prov 23:27-28 : 27 For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pytt. 28 She lurketh like a thefe, and those that be not awarre she brigeth vnto her.
  • Heb 12:15-16 : 15 ad loke well, that no ma be destitute of the grace of God, lest there sprynge vp eny bytter rote, and cause disquyetnes, and therby many be defyled: 16 that there be no whoremonger, or vncleane person, as Esau, which for one meate sake solde his byrth righte.
  • Judg 16:4-6 : 4 After this he fell into the loue of a woman by ye broke of Sorek, whose name was Dalila, 5 vnto whom the prynces of the Philistynes came vp, and sayde vnto her: Persuade him, and loke wherin he hath soch greate stregth, & how we maye ouercome him, yt we mighte bynde him & subdue him, so wyll we geue the euery man a M. and an C. syluerlinges. 6 And Dalila sayde vnto Samson: I praye the tell me, wherin thy greate stregth is, & how thou mightest be bounde to be subdued.
  • Judg 16:15-21 : 15 The sayde she vnto him: How cast thou saye yt thou louest me, where as thine hert is not yet with me? Thre tymes hast thou disceaued me, and not tolde me wherin thy greate strength is. 16 So whan she was euery daye importune vpon him wt her wordes, & wolde not let him haue rest, his soule was faynte euen vnto the death, 17 & he shewed her his whole hert, & sayde vnto her: There came neuer rasoure vpon my heade, for I am a Nazaree of God fro my mothers wombe. Yf I were shauen, my strength shulde departe fro me, so that I shulde be weake, and as all other men. 18 Now whan Dalila sawe that he had opened all his hert vnto her, she sent & called for the prynces of the Philistynes, & sayde: Come yet once vp, for he hath opened his whole hert vnto me. The came the prynces of the Philistynes vp vnto her, & broughte the money wt them in their handes. 19 And she made him to slepe vpon hir lappe, & called one which shoue of the seue hayrie lockes of his heade. And she beganne to vexe him. The was his strength departed fro him. 20 And she sayde vnto him: The Philistynes vpon the Samson. Now wha he awoke out of his slepe, he thoughte: I wil go forth as I haue done aforetyme, & ease my selfe, & knewe not yt the LORDE was departed from him. 21 But the Philistynes toke him, & put out his eyes, and broughte him downe to Gasa, & bounde him wt fetters, and made him to grynde in the preson.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 5:5-6
    2 verses
    82%

    5 Hir fete go downe vnto death, and hir steppes pearse thorow vnto hell.

    6 She regardeth not the path of life, so vnstedfast are hir wayes, that thou canst not knowe them.

  • Prov 5:3
    81%

    3 For the lippes of an harlot are a droppinge hony combe, and hir throte is softer then oyle.

  • Eccl 7:26
    78%

    26 And I founde, that a woman is bytterer then death: for she is a very angle, hir hert is a nett, and hir handes are cheynes. Who so pleaseth God shal escape from her, but the synner will be taken wt her.

  • Prov 2:15-19
    5 verses
    76%

    15 whose wayes are croked, and their pathes slaunderous.

    16 That thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne: which geueth swete wordes,

    17 forsaketh the hu?bande of hir youth, and forgetteth the couenaunt of hir God.

    18 For hir house is enclyned vnto death, and hir pathes vnto hell.

    19 All they that go in vnto her, come not agayne, nether take they holde of the waye of life.

  • Prov 7:25-27
    3 verses
    76%

    25 Let not thine herte wandre in hir wayes, & be not thou disceaued in hir pathes.

    26 For many one hath she wouded and cast downe, yee many a stronge ma hath she slayne.

    27 Hir house is the waye vnto hell, where men go downe to the chambers of death.

  • Prov 23:32-33
    2 verses
    76%

    32 It goeth downe softly, but at the last it byteth like a serpet, and styngeth as an Adder.

    33 So shal thine eyes loke vnto straunge women, & thine herte shal muse vpon frowarde thinges.

  • Prov 6:24-26
    3 verses
    75%

    24 that they maye kepe the fro the euell woman, & from the flaterynge tonge of the harlott:

    25 yt thou lust not after her beuty in thine herte, & lest thou be take wt hir fayre lokes.

    26 An harlot wil make a ma to begg his bred, but a maried woman wil hunt for ye precious life.

  • Prov 22:14
    74%

    14 The mouth of an harlot is a depe pytt, wherin he falleth that ye LORDE is angrie withall.

  • Prov 30:20
    73%

    20 Soch is the waye also of a wyfe yt breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth hir mouth like as wha she hath eate, & sayeth: As for me, I haue done no harme.

  • Prov 23:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27 For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pytt.

    28 She lurketh like a thefe, and those that be not awarre she brigeth vnto her.

  • Prov 7:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10 And beholde, there mett him a woma in an harlottes apparell

    11 (a disceatfull, waton & an vnstedfast woma: whose fete coude not abyde in ye house,

    12 now is she without, now i ye stretes, & lurketh i euery corner)

  • Prov 7:21-23
    3 verses
    73%

    21 Thus with many swete wordes she ouercame him, and with hir flateringe lippes she wanne him.

    22 Immediatly he foloweth her, as it were an oxeled to the slaughter (and like as it were to the stockes, where fooles are punyshed)

    23 so longe till she hath wounded his lyuer with hir darte: like as yf a byrde haisted to the snare, not knowinge that the parell of his life lyeth there vpo.

  • Prov 3:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 Hir wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all hir pathes are peaceable.

    18 She is a tre of life to them that laye holde vpon her, and blessed are they that kepe her fast.

  • Ezek 16:32
    72%

    32 but as a wife yt breaketh wedlocke, & taketh other in steade of hir hu?bode.

  • Prov 5:8
    71%

    8 Kepe thy waye farre from her, and come not nye ye dores of hir house.

  • Prov 7:5
    71%

    5 that she maye kepe ye fro ye strauge woma, & fro ye harlot which geueth swete wordes.

  • Jer 6:7
    70%

    7 Like as a codyte aboundeth in water, eue so this citie aboudeth in wickednes. Robbery and vnrightuousnesse is herde in her, sorow & woundes are euer there in my sight.

  • Num 5:24
    70%

    24 and shall geue the wife of the bytter cursinge waters to drynke.

  • Prov 22:5
    70%

    5 Speares and snares are in ye waye of the frowarde, but he yt wil kepe his soule, let him fle fro soch.

  • Prov 5:20
    70%

    20 My sonne, why wilt thou haue pleasure in an harlot, and embrace the bosome of another woma?

  • Prov 31:31
    69%

    31 Geue her of the frute of hir handes, and let hir owne workes prayse her in the gates.

  • Prov 12:4
    69%

    4 A stedfast woman is a crowne vnto hir hu?bonde: but she that behaueth herself vnhonestly, is a corrupcion in his bones.

  • Rom 3:14
    69%

    14 Their mouth is full of cursynge and bytternesse.

  • Ezek 32:20
    69%

    20 Amoge those that be slayne with the swearde, shal they lye. The swearde is geuen alredy. he shal be drawen forth and all his people.

  • Jer 4:18
    69%

    18 Thy wayes and thy thoughtes, haue brought the vnto this, this is thyne owne wickednesse and disobediece, that hath possessed thyne hert:

  • Ps 55:11
    69%

    11 Yf it were myne enemie that reuyled me, I coude beare it: or yf one that ought me euell will dyd threaten me, I wolde hyde myself from him.

  • Prov 30:23
    69%

    23 thorow an ydle houswife, & thorow an handmayden yt is heyre to hir mastres.

  • Prov 11:22
    68%

    22 A fayre woman without discrete maners, is like a rynge of golde in a swynes snoute.

  • Hos 2:6
    68%

    6 But I will hedge hir waye with thornes, and stoppe it, that she shal not fynde hir fotestoppes:

  • Prov 27:15
    68%

    15 A brawlynge woman and the rofe of the house droppynge in a raynie daye, maye well be compared together.

  • Prov 4:6
    68%

    6 Forsake her not, and she shal preserue the: loue her, and she shal kepe the.

  • Nah 3:4
    68%

    4 And that for the greate and manyfolde whordome, of the fayre and beutifull harlot: which is a mastresse of wychcraft, yee and selleth the people thorow hir whordome, and the nacions thorow hir wichcraft.

  • Prov 9:2
    68%

    2 she hath slaughted, poured out hir wyne, and prepared hir table.

  • Lam 3:15
    68%

    15 He hath fylled me with bytternesse, & geuen me wormwod to drynke.