For the lips of (A)a forbidden[a] woman drip honey,
    and her speech[b] is (B)smoother than oil,

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  1. Proverbs 5:3 Hebrew strange; also verse 20
  2. Proverbs 5:3 Hebrew palate

For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;(A)

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16 So (A)you will be delivered from the forbidden[a] woman,
    from (B)the adulteress[b] with (C)her smooth words,

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  1. Proverbs 2:16 Hebrew strange
  2. Proverbs 2:16 Hebrew foreign woman

16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(A)
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words,

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21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
    with (A)her smooth talk she compels him.

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21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
    she seduced him with her smooth talk.(A)

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to keep you from (A)the forbidden[a] woman,
    from (B)the adulteress[b] with her smooth words.

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  1. Proverbs 7:5 Hebrew strange
  2. Proverbs 7:5 Hebrew the foreign woman

They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(A)

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24 to preserve you from the evil woman,[a]
    from the smooth tongue of (A)the adulteress.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 6:24 Revocalization (compare Septuagint) yields from the wife of a neighbor
  2. Proverbs 6:24 Hebrew the foreign woman

24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
    from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.(A)

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21 His (A)speech was (B)smooth as butter,
    yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
    yet they were (C)drawn swords.

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21 His talk is smooth as butter,(A)
    yet war is in his heart;
his words are more soothing than oil,(B)
    yet they are drawn swords.(C)

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(A)with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and (B)with the wine of whose sexual immorality (C)the dwellers on earth have become drunk.” And (D)he carried me away in the Spirit (E)into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on (F)a scarlet beast that was full of (G)blasphemous names, and (H)it had seven heads and ten horns. The woman (I)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned (J)with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand (K)a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. And on her forehead was written a name of (L)mystery: (M)“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.” And I saw the woman, drunk (N)with the blood of the saints, the blood of (O)the martyrs of Jesus.[a]

When I saw her, I marveled greatly.

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  1. Revelation 17:6 Greek the witnesses to Jesus

With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.”(A)

Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit(B) into a wilderness.(C) There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet(D) beast that was covered with blasphemous names(E) and had seven heads and ten horns.(F) The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls.(G) She held a golden cup(H) in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.(I) The name written on her forehead was a mystery:(J)

babylon the great(K)

the mother of prostitutes(L)

and of the abominations of the earth.

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people,(M) the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

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