Proverbs 5:3-5

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³For the lips of a loose woman drip honey,
    and her speech^[a] is smoother than oil;
⁴but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
    sharp as a two-edged sword.
⁵Her feet go down to death;
    her steps follow the path to^[b] Sheol;

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Proverbs 5:3 Heb palate
Proverbs 5:5 Heb lay hold of

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