Proverbs 5:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ For the lips of a strange woman drip 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 smoother than curds, Yet in his heart is fighting; His words were softer than oil, But they are drawn swords.

Proverbs 2:16

To deliver you from the strange woman, From the foreigner who flatters with her words,

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit; The one denounced by יהוה falls in there.

Proverbs 5:20

For why should you, my son, Be captivated by a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

Proverbs 6:24

To guard you against an evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a strange woman.

Proverbs 7:21

With her many words she leads him astray, With her smooth lips she seduces him.

Proverbs 7:5

To guard you against the strange woman, Against the foreigner who flatters with her words.

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.

Song of Solomon 4:11

Your lips, O my bride, drip as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under your tongue. And the fragrance of your garments Is like the fragrance of Leḇanon.