Proverbs 5:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And her latter end `is' bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword `with' mouths.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 And 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.
  • Heb 4:12 : 12 for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;
  • 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'.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul `is' in the midst of lions, I lie down `among' flames -- sons of men, Their teeth `are' a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Prov 6:24-35 : 24 To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 25 Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids. 26 For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth. 27 Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt? 28 Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched? 29 So `is' he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent. 30 They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry, 31 And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth. 32 He who committeth adultery `with' a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it. 33 A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away, 34 For jealousy `is' the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance. 35 He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!
  • Prov 7:22-23 : 22 He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool, 23 Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it `is' for its life.
  • Prov 9:18 : 18 And he hath not known that Rephaim `are' there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!
  • Prov 23:27-28 : 27 For a harlot `is' a deep ditch, And a strange woman `is' a strait pit. 28 She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.
  • Heb 12:15-16 : 15 looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled; 16 lest any one be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food did sell his birthright,
  • Judg 16:4-6 : 4 And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name `is' Delilah, 5 and the princes of the Philistines come up unto her, and say to her, `Entice him, and see wherein his great power `is', and wherein we are able for him -- and we have bound him to afflict him, and we -- we give to thee, each one, eleven hundred silverlings.' 6 And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, wherein thy great power `is', and wherewith thou art bound, to afflict thee.'
  • Judg 16:15-21 : 15 And she saith unto him, `How dost thou say, I have loved thee, and thy heart is not with me? these three times thou hast played upon me, and hast not declared to me wherein thy great power `is'.' 16 And it cometh to pass, because she distressed him with her words all the days, and doth urge him, and his soul is grieved to death, 17 that he declareth to her all his heart, and saith to her, `A razor hath not gone up on my head, for a Nazarite to God I `am' from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then hath my power turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as any of the human race.' 18 And Delilah seeth that he hath declared to her all his heart, and she sendeth and calleth for the princes of the Philistines, saying, `Come up this time, for he hath declared to me all his heart;' and the princes of the Philistines have come up unto her, and bring up the money in their hand. 19 and she maketh him sleep on her knees, and calleth for a man, and shaveth the seven locks of his head, and beginneth to afflict him, and his power turneth aside from off him; 20 and she saith, `Philistines `are' upon thee, Samson;' and he awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, `I go out as time by time, and shake myself;' and he hath not known that Jehovah hath turned aside from off him. 21 And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 5:5-6
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    5Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.

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

  • Prov 5:3
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    3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil `is' her mouth,

  • 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 2:15-19
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    15Whose paths `are' crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.

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

    17Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

    18For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

    19None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

  • Prov 7:25-27
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    25Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

    26For many `are' the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty `are' all her slain ones.

    27The ways of Sheol -- her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!

  • 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 6:24-26
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    75%

    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 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 23:27-28
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    27For a harlot `is' a deep ditch, And a strange woman `is' a strait pit.

    28She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.

  • Prov 7:10-12
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    73%

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

    11Noisy she `is', and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.

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

  • Prov 7:21-23
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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,

    23Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it `is' for its life.

  • Prov 3:17-18
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    17Her ways `are' ways of pleasantness, And all her paths `are' peace.

    18A tree of life she `is' to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her `is' happy.

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

  • Prov 5:8
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    8Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

  • Prov 7:5
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    5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

  • Jer 6:7
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    7As the digging of a well, is `for' its waters, So she hath digged `for' her wickedness, Violence and spoil is heard in her, Before My face continually `are' sickness and smiting.

  • Num 5:24
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    24and hath caused the woman to drink the bitter waters which cause the curse, and the waters which cause the curse have entered into her for bitter things.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns -- snares `are' in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

  • Prov 31:31
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    31Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates!

  • Prov 12:4
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    4A virtuous woman `is' a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones `is' one causing shame.

  • Rom 3:14
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    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

  • Ezek 32:20
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    20In the midst of the pierced of the sword they fall, `To' the sword she hath been given, They drew her out, and all her multitude.

  • Jer 4:18
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    18Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This `is' thy vexation, for `it is' bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart.

  • Ps 55:11
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    11Mischiefs `are' in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.

  • Prov 30:23
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    23For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.

  • Prov 11:22
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    22A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.

  • Hos 2:6
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    6Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.

  • Prov 27:15
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    15A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

  • Prov 4:6
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    6Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.

  • Nah 3:4
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    4Because of the abundance of the fornications of an harlot, The goodness of the grace of the lady of witchcrafts, Who is selling nations by her fornications, And families by her witchcrafts.

  • Prov 9:2
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    2She hath slaughtered her slaughter, She hath mingled her wine, Yea, she hath arranged her table.

  • Lam 3:15
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    15He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me `with' wormwood.