Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
In context
1 My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, 2 that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. 3 For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, 4 but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol; 6 she does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 5:3 in the KJV
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 5:3 in the NIV
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;