Proverbs 5:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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.