Proverbs 5:4 Cross References - MSTC

⁴ But at the last she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two edged sword.

⁴ And after that he loved a woman, upon the river of Sorek, called Delilah ⁵ — unto whom came the lords of the Philistines, and said unto her, "Flatter with him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may have power over him, that we may bind him, to bring him under, and we will give every man eleven hundred silverlings." ⁶ And Delilah said to Samson, "Oh, tell me where thy great strength lieth, and if thou were bound wherewith men might constrain thee."

¹⁵ Then she said unto him, "How canst thou say that thou lovest me, when thine heart is not with me? For thou hast mocked me this three times, and hast not told wherein thy great strength lieth." ¹⁶ And as she lay upon him with her words continually vexing of him, his soul was encumbered even unto the death. ¹⁷ And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, "There never came razor nor shears upon mine head, for I have been an abstainer to God even from my mother's womb. If mine hair were cut off, my strength would go from me, and I should wax and be like all other men." ¹⁸ And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent for the Philistines saying, "Come up yet this once, for he hath showed me all his heart." Then the lords of the Philistines came and brought the money in their hands. ¹⁹ And she made him sleep upon her lap, and sent for a man, and cut off the seven locks of his head and began to vex him. But his strength was gone from him. ²⁰ And she said, "The Philistines be upon thee, Samson." And he awoke out of his sleep and thought to go out as at other times before and shake himself, and knew not that the LORD was departed from him. ²¹ But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes; and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters. And he was made to grind in the prison house.

²¹ Their mouths are softer than butter, and yet have they battle in their mind: their words are smoother than oil, and yet be they very swords.

⁴ I lie with my soul among the cruel lions; even among the children of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

²⁴ that they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the harlot: ²⁵ that thou lust not after her beauty in thine heart, and lest thou be taken with her fair looks. ²⁶ A harlot will make a man to beg his bread, but a married woman will hunt for the precious life. ²⁷ May a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burnt? ²⁸ Or can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be hurt? ²⁹ Even so, whosoever goeth in to his neighbour's wife, and toucheth her, can not be unguilty. ³⁰ Men do not utterly despise a thief, that stealeth to satisfy his soul, when he is hungry: ³¹ But if he may be gotten, he restoreth again seven times as much, or else he maketh recompense with all the goods of his house. ³² But whoso committeth adultery with a woman, he is a fool: and destroyeth his own soul. ³³ He getteth himself also shame and dishonour, such as shall never be put out. ³⁴ For the jealousy and wrath of the man will not be intreated; ³⁵ no, though thou wouldest offer him great gifts to make amends, he will not receive them.

²² suddenly to follow her - as it were an ox to the slaughter, and like as it were a fool that laugheth when he goeth to the stocks to be punished - ²³ so long till she hath wounded his liver with her dart: like as if a bird hasted to the snare, not knowing that the peril of his life lieth thereupon.

¹⁸ But they consider not that death is there, and that her guests go down to hell.

²⁷ For a whore is a deep grave, and a harlot is a narrow pit. ²⁸ She lurketh like a thief, and those that be not aware, she bringeth unto her.

²⁶ And I found, that a woman is bitterer than death: for she is a very angle, her heart is a net, and her hands are chains. Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner will be taken with her.

¹² for the word of God is quick, and mighty in operation, and sharper than any two edged sword: and entereth through, even unto the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit and of the joints, and the marrow: and judgeth the thoughts and the intents of the heart.

¹⁵ And look to, that no man be destitute of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness spring up and trouble; and thereby many be defiled: ¹⁶ and that there be no fornicator, or unclean person, as Esau, which for one breakfast sold his birthright.