Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

Cross-reference

Proverbs 2:16 echoes this same warning: the forbidden woman's smooth words lead to deliverance from her.

Proverbs 6:24 repeats the same phrase 'smooth tongue of the adulteress' as a guard against her.

Proverbs 7:21 shows the effect: her smooth talk persuades and compels the young man.

Proverbs 7:5 directly echoes the warning to keep from the strange woman who flatters with words, reinforcing the same lesson.

Proverbs 22:14 calls the mouth of strange women a 'deep pit,' intensifying the danger of her smooth speech.

Proverbs 20:16 warns against financial entanglement with a strange woman, adding a concrete consequence of the seduction.

Genesis 39:8 illustrates the warning: Joseph refuses Potiphar's wife, resisting seduction just as Proverbs advises.

Genesis 39:10 shows her persistent speech and Joseph's refusal—a direct narrative counterpart to the warning.

Judges 16:5 Parallel

Judges 16:5 shows Delilah being hired to entice Samson, mirroring the seductive 'strange woman' described here.

Judges 16:15 records Delilah's manipulative speech to Samson, exemplifying the smooth, deceptive lips of the strange woman.

Ecclesiastes 7:26 describes a seductive woman as bitter and trapping, matching the bitter end in Proverbs 5:4.

Job 31:9 Parallel

Job 31:9 declares Job's innocence from being deceived by a woman, affirming the danger of the strange woman's seduction.

Psalm 55:21 Parallel

Psalm 55:21 uses the same 'smooth as butter/oil' metaphor for deceptive speech, though about a treacherous friend.

1 Corinthians 6:18 commands to flee sexual immorality, a New Testament application of the warning against the strange woman.