Proverbs 5:4

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Psalm 55:21

He stretched out his hand at his friends and broke his covenant.

Psalm 57:4

May God send help from heaven to save me, shame those who trample upon me. May God send fidelity and mercy. Selah

Proverbs 9:18

Little do they know that the shades are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol!

Ecclesiastes 7:26

More bitter than death I find the woman who is a hunter’s trap, whose heart is a snare, whose hands are prison bonds. The one who pleases God will be delivered from her, but the one who displeases will be entrapped by her.

Hebrews 4:12

Indeed, the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart.