the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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Proverbs 5:3
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Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honeyand her words are smoother than oil,
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
The words of another man's wife may seem sweet as honey; they may be as smooth as olive oil.
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,
For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb] And her speech is smoother than oil;
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, And her speech is smoother than oil;
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.
For the lips of a strange woman drip honeyAnd smoother than oil is her speech;
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
The words of an immoral woman may be as sweet as honey and as smooth as olive oil.
For the lips of a woman who is a stranger drop honey, her mouth is smoother than oil;
For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
Now, another man's wife might be very charming, and the words from her lips so sweet and inviting.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honeycomb, and her words are smoother than oil;
The lips of another man's wife may be as sweet as honey and her kisses as smooth as olive oil,
For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey, and smoother than oil is her mouth.
For the lips of a strange woman drip honey, and her palate is sweeter than oil,
For the lippes of an harlot are a droppinge hony combe, and hir throte is softer then oyle.
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an hony combe, and her mouth is smoother then oyle.
For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle:
for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate:
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
for the lippis of an hoore ben an hony coomb droppinge, and hir throte is clerere than oile;
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] a honey-comb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil;
For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.
For the lips of a strange woman are as sweet as honey. Her talk is as smooth as oil.
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;
For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth,
The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet, her soft words are oh so smooth. But it won't be long before she's gravel in your mouth, a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart. She's dancing down the primrose path to Death; she's headed straight for Hell and taking you with her. She hasn't a clue about Real Life, about who she is or where she's going.
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the lips: Proverbs 2:16, Proverbs 6:24, Proverbs 7:21, Revelation 17:2-6
mouth: Heb. palate
smoother: Psalms 55:21
Reciprocal: Genesis 39:8 - refused Genesis 39:10 - as she spake Leviticus 15:20 - General Judges 11:2 - a strange Judges 14:15 - Entice Judges 16:5 - Entice Judges 16:15 - How canst Ezra 10:44 - strange wives Job 31:9 - If mine Proverbs 7:5 - General Proverbs 20:16 - a strange Proverbs 22:14 - mouth Ecclesiastes 7:26 - I find 1 Corinthians 6:18 - Flee
Cross-References
And Adam again knows his wife, and she bears a son, and calls his name Seth, "for God has appointed for me another seed instead of Abel": for Cain had slain him.
a male and a female He has created them, and He blesses them, and calls their name Man, in the day of their being created.
And Adam lives one hundred and thirty years [[or two hundred and thirty years]], and begets [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calls his name Seth.
And all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dies.
And Mahalaleel lives after his begetting Jared eight hundred and thirty years [[or seven hundred and thirty years]], and begets sons and daughters.
Who gives a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
And what? Is man righteous with God? And what? Is he pure—born of a woman?
Behold, I have been brought forth in iniquity, || And my mother conceives me in sin.
And the messenger answering said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you, therefore also the holy-begotten thing will be called Son of God;
that which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb,.... "Mulsa dicta", "honey words", as is Plautus's e expression. The Septuagint and Arabic versions premise something here which is not in the Hebrew text,
"do not give heed to a wicked woman;''
and the Vulgate Latin version,
"to the fallacy of a woman:''
but there is no need to connect the words by such a supplement; since, as they lie, they give a reason why it was necessary to attend to wisdom and understanding, in order to act discreetly and speak knowingly; since there is so much danger of being drawn aside by a wicked woman, a lewd and adulterous one; the kisses of whose lips, her confabulations and songs, are as pleasing to the carnal senses of men as honey is sweet to the taste; she promises them a great deal of pleasure in her embraces, and in the enjoyment of her: so the poet f describes an agreeable voice to be sweeter than the honeycomb;
and her mouth [is] smoother than oil; her fair speeches, enticing words, and flattering fawning language, and amorous expressions, easily find their way and slide into the hearts of men, to prevail upon them to listen to her, and yield to her temptations. Gersom interprets this strange woman of the imaginative faculty; and Jarchi of heresy: it is applicable enough to the whore of Rome; who, by the blandishments of pomp and grandeur, and the allurements of wealth and riches, draws many into her idolatrous practices; which are spiritual adultery, signified by her golden cup, Revelation 17:4.
e Rudens, Act. 2. Sc. 3. v. 84. Poenulus, 1, 2. v. 112. f φωνα γλυκερωτερα η μελικηρω, Theocrit. Idyll. 21.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Smoother than oil - The same comparison is used in marginal reference to describe the treachery of a false friend.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 5:3. The lips of a strange woman — One that is not thy own, whether Jewess or heathen.
Drop as a honey-comb — She uses the most deceitful, flattering, and alluring speeches: as the droppings of the honey out of the comb are the sweetest of all.
