Proverbs 5:3
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:”Proverbs 5:3
What Does Proverbs 5:3 Mean?
Proverbs 5:3 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 5, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 5:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 2:16“To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;”1 Corinthians 6:18“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”Psalms 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.”Ecclesiastes 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.”Proverbs 7:21“With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.”Proverbs 6:24“To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.”Proverbs 7:5“That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.”Genesis 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.”Judges 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.”Revelation 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.”Genesis 39:8“But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;”Leviticus 15:20“And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.”Judges 11:2“And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.”Judges 14:15“And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?”Judges 16:5“And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.”Ezra 10:44“All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.”Job 31:9“If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;”Proverbs 20:16“Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.”Proverbs 22:14“The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.”Song of Solomon 4:11“Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.”
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