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Proverbs 5

Prov. 5:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But her end
'achariyth (Hebrew #319)
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
KJV usage: (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
Pronounce: akh-ar-eeth'
Origin: from 310
is bitter
mar (Hebrew #4751)
from 4843; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
KJV usage: + angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, X great, heavy.
Pronounce: mar
Origin: or (feminine) marah {maw-raw'}
b as wormwood
la`anah (Hebrew #3939)
wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)
KJV usage: hemlock, wormwood.
Pronounce: lah-an-aw'
Origin: from an unused root supposed to mean to curse
, sharp
chad (Hebrew #2299)
sharp
KJV usage: sharp.
Pronounce: khad
Origin: from 2300
d as a twoedged
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
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Eccl. 7:26• 26and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her. (Eccl. 7:26)
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Psa. 55:21• 21Smooth were the milky words of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords. (Psa. 55:21)

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Hemlock,
Sword,
Wormwood

Cross References

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Prov. 6:24‑35• 24to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
 25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;
 26for by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
 27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
 28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
 29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
 30They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
 31and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
 32Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
 33A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
 34For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;
 35he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest thy gifts. (Prov. 6:24‑35)
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Prov. 7:22‑23• 22He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks serve for the correction of the fool;
 23till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life. (Prov. 7:22‑23)
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Prov. 9:18• 18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. (Prov. 9:18)
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Prov. 23:27‑28• 27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
 28She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men. (Prov. 23:27‑28)
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Eccl. 7:26• 26and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her. (Eccl. 7:26)
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Heb. 12:15‑16• 15watching lest there be any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
 16lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright; (Heb. 12:15‑16)
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Judg. 16:4‑6,15‑21• 4And it came to pass afterwards that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
 5And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Persuade him, and see in what his great strength is, and with what we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to overpower him; and we will each give thee eleven hundred silver-pieces.
 6Then Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, in what is thy great strength, and with what thou mightest be bound to overpower thee.
 15Then she said to him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? these three times hast thou mocked me, and hast not told me in what is thy great strength.
 16And it came to pass when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death;
 17and he told her all his heart, and said to her, There has not come a razor upon my head; for I am a Nazarite of God from my mother's womb; if I should be shaven, then my strength would go from me, and I should be weak, and be like all mankind.
 18And Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, and she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this time, for he has told me all his heart. And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hand.
 19And she made him sleep upon her knees, and called a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to overpower him, and his strength went from him.
 20And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and thought, I will go out as at other times before, and disengage myself. And he knew not that Jehovah had departed from him.
 21And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazah, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he had to grind in the prison-house. (Judg. 16:4‑6,15‑21)
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Psa. 55:21• 21Smooth were the milky words of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords. (Psa. 55:21)
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Heb. 4:12• 12For the word of God is living and operative, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and penetrating to the division of soul and spirit, both of joints and marrow, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Heb. 4:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.