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Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

KJV

favus enim distillans labia meretricis, et nitidius oleo guttur ejus :

Vulgate

μὴ πρόσεχε φαύλῃ γυναικί· μέλι γὰρ ἀποστάζει ἀπὸ χειλέων γυναικὸς πόρνης, ἣ πρὸς καιρὸν λιπαίνει σὸν φάρυγγα·

LXX

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

ASV

כִּ֤י נֹ֣פֶת תִּ֭טֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֣י זָרָ֑ה וְ/חָלָ֖ק מִ/שֶּׁ֣מֶן חִכָּֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הַטֵּ֖ף
htp
verb · 17×
זָ֑ר
zr
verb · 76×
חָלָ֑ק
chlq
adjective · 4×
י
y
noun · 18×
י
y
noun · 177×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נֹ֣פֶת
npt
noun · 5×
שֶּׁ֖מֶן
shmn
noun · 191×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:18 — Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
  • Eccl 7:26 — And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
  • Gen 39:10 — And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
  • Judg 16:15 — And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
  • Prov 2:16 — To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
  • Prov 6:24 — To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
  • Prov 6:24 — To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
  • Prov 7:5 — That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
  • Prov 7:5 — That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
  • Prov 7:21 — With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
  • Prov 7:21 — With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
  • Ps 55:21 — The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
  • Ps 55:21 — The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
  • Rev 17:2 — With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.