Proverbs 5:2 (WEB)
that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Chrysostom
“And, touching an harlot again, it is said in opposition to this proverb, “Give not heed to a bad woman: for honey droppeth from the lips of a woman that is an harlot, which, for a season, is luscious unto thy throat; but afterwards thou shalt find it more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword.”” — editor's note: Prov. v. 2–4, LXX.
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Clement of Alexandria
“And when He says, “Be not much with a strange woman,” He admonishes us to use indeed, but not to linger and spend time with, secular culture.” — editor's note: Prov. v. 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 20.
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