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Proverbs 5:2-4
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2 so that you may maintain discretion
and your lips safeguard knowledge.(A)
3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey
and her words are[a] smoother than oil,
4 in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood(B)
and as sharp as a double-edged sword.(C)

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  1. Proverbs 5:3 Lit her palate is
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Proverbs 5:2-4
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2 that you may maintain discretion
    and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;(A)
4 but in the end she is bitter as gall,(B)
    sharp as a double-edged sword.

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