Proverbs 7:21 “With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips sh…”

Proverbs 7:21

With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

World English Bible

With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him.

Darby Translation

With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.

Young's Literal Translation

She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

Bible in Basic English

With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.

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Cross references

“With her”

Proverbs 5:3 Proverbs 7:5 Psalm 12:2 Judges 16:15–17

Proverbs 5:3 · BSB

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

Proverbs 7:5 · BSB

that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

Psalm 12:2 · BSB

They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

Judges 16:15–17 · BSB

“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!”

“forced”

2 Kings 4:8 Luke 24:29 2 Corinthians 5:14 1 Samuel 28:23 Luke 14:23 Acts 16:15

2 Kings 4:8 · BSB

One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.

Luke 24:29 · BSB

But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.

2 Corinthians 5:14 · BSB

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

1 Samuel 28:23 · BSB

Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.

Luke 14:23 · BSB

So 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.

Acts 16:15 · BSB

And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

Also

Proverbs 6:24

Proverbs 6:24 · BSB

to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”

22He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

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