For the lips of an adulteress drip as honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
to deliver you from the wayward woman, from the adulteress who flatters with her words,
With her enticing speech she led him astray; with her flattering lips she seduced him.
that they may keep you from an adulteress, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
to keep you from the evil woman, from the flattering tongue of an adulteress.
His speech was smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Why should you, my son, be intoxicated by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the Lord will fall into it.
Your lips drip sweet honey, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your clothing is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
And I find more bitter than death a woman whose heart is like snares and nets, whose hands are like prison cells. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.