Proverbs 5:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the lips of a strange woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

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  • Prov 2:16 : 16 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words;
  • 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, yet they were drawn swords.
  • Prov 6:24 : 24 To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.
  • Prov 7:21 : 21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield; with the flattering of her lips she prevailed over him.
  • Rev 17:2-6 : 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication: 5 And on her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus; and when I saw her, I marveled with great wonder.

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  • Prov 5:4
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    4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

  • Prov 5:2
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    2That you may keep discretion, and that your lips may preserve knowledge.

  • Prov 7:5
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    5That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

    25Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.

    26For by means of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; he who is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

  • Prov 2:16
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    16To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words;

  • Prov 5:19-20
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    19Let her be as the loving deer and graceful doe; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be ravished always with her love.

    20And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Prov 23:27
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    27For a prostitute is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

  • Prov 7:21-22
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    21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield; with the flattering of her lips she prevailed over him.

    22He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

  • Song 4:11
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    11Your lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

  • Prov 23:32-33
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    32At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper.

    33Your eyes shall see strange things, and your heart shall utter perverse things.

  • Prov 30:20
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    20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wrong.

  • Prov 5:8
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    8Remove your way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house:

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Let not your heart incline to her ways, do not stray in her paths.

  • Song 7:9
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    9And the roof of your mouth like the best wine for my beloved, flowing gently, causing the lips of those who are asleep to speak.

  • Prov 20:15
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    15There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

  • Prov 7:12-13
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    12Sometimes she is outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.

    13So she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,

  • Song 5:13
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    13His cheeks are like a bed of spices, like sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, so that you cannot know them.

  • Prov 27:16
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    16Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand reveals itself.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32But as a wife that commits adultery, who takes strangers instead of her husband!

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

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

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be trapped by her.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.

  • Song 4:3
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    3Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, and your speech is lovely: your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within your locks.

  • Prov 3:17
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    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5Do not trust in a friend, put no confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.

  • Prov 16:23-24
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    23The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

    24Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones.

  • Prov 11:22
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    22As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a lovely woman without discretion.

  • Eccl 10:12
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    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be ready on your lips.

  • Ps 119:103
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    103How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

  • Prov 31:26
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    26She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness.

  • Prov 10:32
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    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversity.

  • Prov 26:23
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    23Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

  • Prov 16:21
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    21The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.

  • Prov 7:10
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    10And it happened, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.

  • Prov 27:2
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    2Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

  • Prov 18:7
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    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Ps 19:10
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    10More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.

  • Prov 9:17
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    17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.