Proverbs 7:21

American Standard Version (1901)

With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

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  • Prov 5:3 : 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
  • Judg 16:15-17 : 15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. 16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death. 17 And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
  • 1 Sam 28:23 : 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
  • 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
  • Luke 14:23 : 23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain [them] to come in, that my house may be filled.
  • Luke 24:29 : 29 And they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to abide with them.
  • Acts 16:15 : 15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide [there] . And she constrained us.
  • 2 Cor 5:14 : 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;
  • Prov 6:24 : 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

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    22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;

    23Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

  • Prov 7:10-13
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    10And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

    11(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:

    12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)

    13So she caught him, and kissed him, [And] with an impudent face she said unto him:

  • Prov 2:16-18
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    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

    17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

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    20He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.

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    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

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    25Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

    26For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

    27Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.

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    3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

    4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

    25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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    26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. [

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    19[ As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

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  • Prov 30:20
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    20So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

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    32A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!

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    8Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

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    14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

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    28Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.

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    16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

  • Deut 22:14
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    42And the voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets upon the hands of them [twain], and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

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    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.

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    26She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.

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    22[ As] a ring of gold in a swine's snout, [So is] a fair woman that is without discretion.

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    14Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.

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    15What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness [with] many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

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    10Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

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