Bible verse
in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
Proverbs 5:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 5.
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
4 in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
6 She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
7 So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
8 Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
KJV
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
ASV
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
ERV
But her latter end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
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