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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 5) Proverbs 5:4-5 KJV
"But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell."
Proverbs 5:4-5 in Context (Verses 1–8 KJV)
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My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
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That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
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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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But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
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Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
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Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
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Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: