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because the lips of an immoral woman drip with honey,
and her words are[a] as smooth as olive oil,
but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood[b]
and as sharp as a double-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death.
Her steps lead to hell.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:3 Literally her palate is
  2. Proverbs 5:4 Wormwood is a toxic, bitter-tasting drink (absinthe).
  3. Proverbs 5:5 Or the grave. The Hebrew word is sheol.