Proverbs 5:4 - The Scriptures 1998

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But her end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a twoedged sword.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged and devouring sword.

American Standard Version (1901)

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

Common English Bible

but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.

Proverbs 5:4 Cross References

Psalm 55:21

His mouth was smoother than curds, Yet in his heart is fighting; His words were softer than oil, But they are drawn swords.

Psalm 57:4

My being is in the midst of lions; I lie among those who breathe fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.

Proverbs 9:18

But he does not know that the dead are there, Her guests are in the depths of the grave.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I found more bitter than death, the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are shackles. He who pleases Elohim escapes from her, but the sinner is captured by her.

Hebrews 4:12

For the Word of Elohim is living, and working, and sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through even to the dividing of being and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.