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Proverbs 5:3

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¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
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  1. Proverbs 2:16Rank 1 from verse 3
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    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

  2. Proverbs 6:24Rank 2 from verse 3
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    24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

  3. Proverbs 7:21Rank 3 from verse 3
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    21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

  4. Proverbs 7:5Rank 4 from verse 3
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    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

  5. Psalms 55:21Rank 5 from verse 3
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    21The 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.

  6. Revelation 17:2–6Rank 6 from verse 3
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    2With 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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Proverbs 5:3

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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lips

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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.

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strange

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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.

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drop

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Sense 1: A small rounded portion of liquid. Sense 2: To fall, let fall, distil, or pour in drops.

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honeycomb

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The waxen structure of cells made by bees to hold honey and their young.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

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oil

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1. An oily substance, especially olive oil. 2. To anoint or supply with oil.

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5:3¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

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5:4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

5:6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

5:7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

5:8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

5:9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

5:10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

5:11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

5:12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

5:13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

5:14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

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