Proverbs 5:4 (WEB)
but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
““And it came into his bowels like water.”” — editor's note: [It seems to me there is here a reference to the water of jealousy, Numb. v. 22, 23. Compare Acts i. 18. As to oil, generally a blessing, compare Ps. lv. 21;…
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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
“For the feet of folly lead those who practice it to hell after death.”” — editor's note: Prov. v. 3–5, Septuagint.
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