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Proverbs 5:4-6
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 5:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood[a]
and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death;[b]
her steps lead directly to the netherworld.
6 Far from following the path of life,
she unknowingly wanders off in different directions.
Footnotes
- 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).
- Proverbs 5:5 Her feet go down to death: her immorality hastens the end of the adulteress (see note on Prov 2:18).
