Proverbs 5:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil `is' her mouth,

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 2:16 : 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart `is' war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they `are' drawn `swords'.
  • Prov 6:24 : 24 To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
  • Prov 7:21 : 21 She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
  • Rev 17:2-6 : 2 with whom the kings of the earth did commit whoredom; and made drunk from the wine of her whoredom were those inhabiting the earth;' 3 and he carried me away to a wilderness in the Spirit, and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of evil-speaking, having seven heads and ten horns, 4 and the woman was arrayed with purple and scarlet-colour, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and uncleanness of her whoredom, 5 and upon her forehead was a name written: `Secret, Babylon the Great, the Mother of the Whores, and the Abominations of the earth.' 6 And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the saints, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus, and I did wonder -- having seen her -- with great wonder;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 5:4
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    4And her latter end `is' bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword `with' mouths.

  • Prov 5:2
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    2To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

  • Prov 7:5
    81%

    5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

    25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

    26For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14A deep pit `is' the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

  • Prov 2:16
    79%

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

  • Prov 5:19-20
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    19A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

    20And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

  • Prov 23:27
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    27For a harlot `is' a deep ditch, And a strange woman `is' a strait pit.

  • Prov 7:21-22
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    21She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

    22He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

  • Song 4:11
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    11Thy lips drop honey, O spouse, Honey and milk `are' under thy tongue, And the fragrance of thy garments `Is' as the fragrance of Lebanon.

  • Prov 23:32-33
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    32Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.

    33Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.

  • Prov 30:20
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    20So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, `I have not done iniquity.'

  • Prov 5:8
    73%

    8Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

  • Song 7:9
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    9And thy palate as the good wine --' Flowing to my beloved in uprightness, Strengthening the lips of the aged!

  • Prov 20:15
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    15Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, `are' lips of knowledge.

  • Prov 7:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --

    13And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,

  • Song 5:13
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    13His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips `are' lilies, dropping flowing myrrh,

  • Prov 5:6
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    6The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.

  • Prov 27:16
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    16Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32The wife who committeth adultery -- Under her husband -- doth receive strangers.

  • Song 1:2
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    2Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better `are' thy loves than wine.

  • Ps 55:21
    72%

    21Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart `is' war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they `are' drawn `swords'.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart `is' nets and snares, her hands `are' bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

  • Song 4:3
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    3As a thread of scarlet `are' thy lips, And thy speech `is' comely, As the work of the pomegranate `is' thy temple behind thy veil,

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

  • Mic 7:5
    71%

    5Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.

  • Prov 16:23-24
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    23The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,

    24Sayings of pleasantness `are' a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

  • Prov 11:22
    71%

    22A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.

  • Eccl 10:12
    70%

    12Words of the mouth of the wise `are' gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

  • Prov 22:18
    70%

    18For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

  • Ps 119:103
    70%

    103How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.

  • Prov 31:26
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    26Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness `is' on her tongue.

  • Prov 10:32
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    32The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

  • Prov 26:23
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    23Silver of dross spread over potsherd, `Are' burning lips and an evil heart.

  • Prov 16:21
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    21To the wise in heart is called, `Intelligent,' And sweetness of lips increaseth learning.

  • Prov 7:10
    69%

    10And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,

  • Prov 27:2
    69%

    2Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

  • Prov 18:7
    69%

    7The mouth of a fool `is' ruin to him, And his lips `are' the snare of his soul.

  • Ps 19:10
    69%

    10They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.

  • Prov 15:7
    69%

    7The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools `is' not right.

  • Prov 9:17
    69%

    17`Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'