KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 5:2–3
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Proverbs 5:2
2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keepe knowledge.
Proverbs 5:3
3¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
3¶ *†For the lips of a strange woman drop as an hony combe, and her mouth is smoother then oyle.
- Heb. palate
- Chap.2.16. and 6.24.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 5:2
Respect; esteem; reverence; that view of the mind which springs from value, estimable qualities, or any thing that excites admiration.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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discretion
Wise choice of one from another.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
To hold, preserve, guard, observe, maintain, restrain, or continue, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Understanding or awareness gained by knowing; recognition; what is known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Proverbs 5:3
Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A small rounded portion of liquid; also to fall, let fall, distil, or pour in drops.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The waxen structure of cells made by bees to hold honey and their young.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points are perceptible to the touch; not rough.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
An oily substance used for food, light, anointing, or healing; also to anoint with oil, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 2
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Open the full verse study6The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
7For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
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Open the full verse study7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
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Open the full verse study23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
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Open the full verse study11Thy 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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Open the full verse study21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
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Open the full verse study2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
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Open the full verse study13With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
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Open the full verse study2Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
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Open the full verse study15My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
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Open the full verse study15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
From verse 3
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Open the full verse study16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
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Open the full verse study24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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Open the full verse study21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
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Open the full verse study5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
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Open the full verse study21The 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.
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Open the full verse study2With 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.
3So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
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