Proverbs 5:3
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For the lips of a strange woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb] And her speech is smoother than oil;
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil,
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil,
The lips of a mysterious woman drip honey, and her tongue is smoother than oil,
For the lips of a woman who is a stranger drop honey, her mouth is smoother than oil;
The words of an immoral woman may be as sweet as honey and as smooth as olive oil.
For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.
Now, another man’s wife might be very charming, and the words from her lips so sweet and inviting.
Do not listen to the words of an adulteress. She promises something as sweet as honey and as beautiful as olive oil.
because the lips of an immoral woman drip with honey, and her words are as smooth as olive oil,
For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
The ·words of another man’s wife [lips of an immoral/L strange woman] may ·seem sweet as [L drip like] honey; ·they [L her tongue/palette] may be as smooth as olive oil.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is more soft than oil.
The lips of an adulterous woman drip with honey. Her kiss is smoother than oil,
The lips of another man's wife may be as sweet as honey and her kisses as smooth as olive oil,
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil,
The words of another man’s wife may seem sweet as honey. Her words may be as pleasant as olive oil.
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.
For the lips of the strange woman drop as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil,
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
For the lips of a strange woman drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;
For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey, and smoother than oil is her mouth.
For the lips of a prostitute are as sweet as honey, and smooth flattery is her stock-in-trade.
The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet, her soft words are oh so smooth. But it won’t be long before she’s gravel in your mouth, a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart. She’s dancing down the perfumed path to Death; she’s headed straight for Hell and taking you with her. She hasn’t a clue about Real Life, about who she is or where she’s going.
For the lips of an immoral woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil.
The lips of an adulterous woman drip with honey. Her kiss is smoother than oil,
Indeed, the lips of the stranger drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, And her speech is smoother than oil;
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;
The lips of an adulteress drip with honey and her mouth is smoother than oil,
The words of another man’s wife may seem sweet as honey; they may be as smooth as olive oil.
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,
A woman who commits adultery has lips that drip honey. What she says is smoother than olive oil.
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil;
For the lips of a strange woman are as sweet as honey. Her talk is as smooth as oil.
For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
For the sfatayim (lips) of a zarah (strange woman) drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than shemen (olive oil);
For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honeycomb. And her mouth is more soft than oil.
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
For a seducing woman’s lips drip honey and her mouth is smoother than oil.
You see, the lips of a seductive woman speak honey-sweet words; they are smooth like oil and enticing.
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
Give thou not attention to the falseness of a woman; for the lips of an whore be an honeycomb dropping (for a whore’s lips be like a dripping honeycomb), and her throat is clearer than oil;
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth,
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