Proverbs 5:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ For the lips of a loose woman drip honey as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil; [Ezek. 20:30; Col. 2:8-10; II Pet. 2:14-17.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

Common English Bible

³ The lips of a mysterious woman drip honey, and her tongue is smoother than oil,

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ For the lips of a loose woman are like a dripping honeycomb, and her voice is smoother than oil.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.

Proverbs 5:3 Cross References

Psalm 55:21

with speech smoother than butter but with a heart set on war, with words that were softer than oil but in fact were drawn swords.

Proverbs 2:16

You will be saved from the loose woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words,

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry falls into it.

Proverbs 5:20

Why should you be intoxicated, my son, by another woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?

Proverbs 6:24

to preserve you from the wife of another, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Proverbs 7:21

With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.

Proverbs 7:5

that they may keep you from the loose woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I found more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, whose heart is nets, whose hands are fetters; one who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.

Song of Solomon 4:11

Your lips distill nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the scent of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon.