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Proverbs 5:2-4
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 5:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 so that you may always act prudently
and your lips may safeguard knowledge.
3 The lips of an adulteress[a] drip with honey
and her mouth is smoother than oil,
4 but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood[b]
and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:3 Adulteress: see note on Prov 2:16. The words of an adulteress are “soothing” (Ps 55:22) but laden with flattery (Prov 29:5) and treachery (Ps 5:10).
- Proverbs 5:4 Wormwood: a bitter herb (see Deut 29:17; Lam 3:15, 19; Am 6:12). Two-edged sword: a fearful weapon (see Jdg 3:16; see also Pss 55:22; 149:6; Heb 4:12; Rev 1:16).
