Cross references
Proverbs 5:4
in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
sharp as a double-edged sword.
Proverbs 5:4 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 7:26 (8 votes) and Psalm 55:21 (5 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 39 to Revelation 8.
Which verses does Proverbs 5:4 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ecclesiastes 7:268 votes
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- Psalm 55:215 votes
His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
- Psalm 57:45 votes
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
- Hebrews 4:124 votes
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- Proverbs 9:183 votes
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
- Judges 16:4–62 votes
Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.” …
- Judges 16:15–212 votes
“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!” Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death, …
- Proverbs 6:24–352 votes
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. …
- Proverbs 7:22–232 votes
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap, until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
- Proverbs 23:27–282 votes
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
- Hebrews 12:15–162 votes
Which verses point to Proverbs 5:4?
The 10 strongest of 16.