Proverbs 5:2-4

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²that you may keep discretion,
    and your lips may guard knowledge.
³For the lips of a loose woman drip honey,
    and her speech^[a] is smoother than oil;
⁴but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
    sharp as a two-edged sword.

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Proverbs 5:3 Heb palate

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