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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 find a thing more bitter than death,{HR}Even the woman whose heart [is] snares and nets,{HR}Whose hands [are] bands:{HR}Whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her;{HR}But the sinner shall be taken by her. (Eccl. 7:26)
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Psa. 55:21• 21Smooth as butter was his mouth,{HR}And war his heart;{HR}His words were softer than oil,{HR}And [yet] they are 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,{HR}From the smoothness of the tongue of a strange woman.
 25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart,{HR}Nor let her take thee with her eyelids;
 26For by means of a whorish woman [one cometh] to a piece of bread,{HR}And another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
 27Can a man take fire in his bosom,{HR}And his garments not be burned?
 28Can one go upon hot coals,{HR}And his feet not be scorched?
 29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife:{HR}Whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
 30They do not despise a thief,{HR}If he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
 31And [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold;{HR}He shall give all the substance of his house.
 32Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding;{HR}He [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
 33A wound and contempt shall he get;{HR}And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
 34For jealousy [is] the rage of a man,{HR}And he will not spare in the day of vengeance;
 35He will not regard any ransom,{HR}Neither will he rest content though thou multipliest gifts. (Prov. 6:24‑35)
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Prov. 7:22‑23• 22He goeth after suddenly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,{HR}And as in fetters to his correction the fool;
 23Till an arrow strike through his liver,{HR}As a bird hasteth to the snare,{HR}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,{HR}[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;{HR}And a strange woman [is] a narrow pit;
 28She also lieth in wait as a robber,{HR}And increaseth the treacherous among men. (Prov. 23:27‑28)
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Eccl. 7:26• 26And I find a thing more bitter than death,{HR}Even the woman whose heart [is] snares and nets,{HR}Whose hands [are] bands:{HR}Whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her;{HR}But the sinner shall be taken by her. (Eccl. 7:26)
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Heb. 12:15‑16• 15looking carefully lest [there be] Anyone falling short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up give trouble and through it [the] many be defiled;
 16lest [there be] any fornicator or profane one as Esau who for one meal sold his own birthright; (Heb. 12:15‑16)
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Judg. 16:4‑6,15‑21• 4And it came to pass afterward 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 as butter was his mouth,{HR}And war his heart;{HR}His words were softer than oil,{HR}And [yet] they are drawn swords. (Psa. 55:21)
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Heb. 4:12• 12For living [is] the word of God, and effectual, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge heart's thoughts and intents. (Heb. 4:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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But her end is bitter as wormwood,{HR}Sharp as a two-edged sword.