Proverbs 7:21

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With her abundant persuasion, she entices him; with her smooth talk, she compels him.

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  • Prov 5:3 : 3 For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity.
  • Judg 16:15-17 : 15 Then Delilah said to him, 'How can you say, “I love you,” when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and have not told me the secret of your great strength.' 16 With her nagging she pressed him day after day until he was sick to death of it. 17 So he told her everything: 'No razor has ever been used on my head,' he said, 'because I have been a Nazirite dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.'
  • 1 Sam 28:23 : 23 But he refused and said, "I will not eat." However, his servants together with the woman urged him, and he listened to them. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
  • 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 One day, Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he passed by, he would stop there to eat.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
  • Luke 14:23 : 23 Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.’
  • Luke 24:29 : 29 But they urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over." So he went in to stay with them.
  • Acts 16:15 : 15 After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, 'If you consider me faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my house.' And she persuaded us.
  • 2 Cor 5:14 : 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
  • Prov 6:24 : 24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

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  • Prov 7:22-23
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    22He follows her all at once, like an ox going to slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of shackles.

    23Until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird rushing into a trap, not realizing it will cost him his life.

  • Prov 7:10-13
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    10And behold, a woman came to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and sly of heart.

    11She is loud and rebellious; her feet do not stay at home.

    12Now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner, she lurks.

    13She took hold of him and kissed him; with a brazen face she said to him:

  • Prov 2:16-18
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    78%

    16It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering words,

    17who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;

    18for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed spirits.

  • Prov 7:20
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    20'He took a bag of silver with him and will not return home until the full moon.'

  • Prov 7:8
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    8Passing through the street near her corner, he took the path to her house.

  • Prov 7:5
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    5To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 7:25-27
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

    26For she has brought down many victims, and numerous are all those she has slain.

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

  • Prov 5:3-4
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    3For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.

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

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    75%

    24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

    25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

    26For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26I found that more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be caught by her.

  • Prov 5:19-20
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    73%

    19A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her breasts satisfy you always, and may you always be captivated by her love.

    20Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Prov 30:20
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    20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

  • Ezek 16:32
    72%

    32You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Prov 5:8
    72%

    8Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; one who is cursed by the LORD will fall into it.

  • Prov 23:28
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    28She also lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

  • Exod 22:16
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    16If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man must still pay the bride price for virgins.

  • Prov 9:16
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    16"Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

  • Deut 22:14
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    14accusing her of misconduct and giving her a bad name by saying, 'I married this woman, but when I came to her, I did not find proof of her virginity,'

  • Ezek 23:42-43
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    42The sound of a carefree crowd was with her, and drunkards were brought from the desert. They put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.

    43Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, ‘Now they will continue their acts of fornication with her.’

  • Prov 3:17
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    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

  • Ezek 23:17
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    17Then the Babylonians came to her, to her bed of love, and defiled her with their lust. After she was defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.

  • Prov 31:26
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    26She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction of kindness is on her tongue.

  • Prov 9:4
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    4"Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

  • Prov 11:22
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    22Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

  • 2 Sam 13:14
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    14But he refused to listen to her, and being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.

  • Jer 11:15
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    15What right does my beloved have in my house, when she has done so many wicked schemes? Can consecrated meat remove your evil? Then you would exult!

  • Prov 1:21
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    21At the head of the noisy streets, she calls out; at the city gates, she makes her speech.

  • Prov 27:16
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    16Trying to restrain her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.

  • Dan 11:17
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    17He will set his face to come with the power of his whole kingdom, making agreements, and will give a daughter of women in marriage to destroy it. But his plan will not succeed or help him.

  • Prov 5:6
    69%

    6She does not consider the path of life; her ways wander, but she does not know it.

  • Prov 16:29
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    29A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

  • Hos 2:7
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    7Their mother has been unfaithful; their conceiver acted shamefully. She said, 'I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread, water, wool, flax, oil, and drink.'

  • Judg 16:16
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    16With her nagging she pressed him day after day until he was sick to death of it.

  • Job 31:10
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    10then may my wife grind grain for another, and may others kneel over her.

  • Job 41:3
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    3Who has given to me first, that I should repay them? Everything under the heavens belongs to me.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things.