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Proverbs 5:3

What does Proverbs 5:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 5:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil <FI>is<Fi> her mouth,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

Context

v.2That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

v.3This passage

v.4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 7:21

    With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

  • Psalms 55:21

    His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

  • Revelation 17:2

    with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and they that dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.

  • Proverbs 6:24

    To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.

  • Proverbs 2:16

    To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

  • Proverbs 7:5

    That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

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