For the lips of (A)a forbidden[a] woman drip honey,
    and her speech[b] is (B)smoother than oil,
but in the end she is (C)bitter as (D)wormwood,
    (E)sharp as (F)a two-edged sword.
Her feet (G)go down to death;
    her steps follow the path to[c] Sheol;
she (H)does not ponder the path of life;
    her ways wander, and she does not know it.

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Footnotes

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

22 The (A)iniquities of the wicked (B)ensnare him,
    and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
23 (C)He dies for lack of discipline,
    and because of his great folly he is (D)led astray.

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