Proverbs 5:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³ For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth 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

His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

Proverbs 2:16

To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

Proverbs 5:20

For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Proverbs 6:24

To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the stranger's tongue.

Proverbs 7:21

With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, With the flattering of her lips she forceth him away.

Proverbs 7:5

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the stranger which flattereth with her words.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Song of Solomon 4:11

Thy lips, O my bride, drop as the honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.