A moment in scripture
Proverbs 5:4
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But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 5:2
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
- Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
- Proverbs 5:5
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
- Proverbs 5:6
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.