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Proverbs 5:2-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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

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  1. Proverbs 5:3 Heb palate
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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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