Proverbs 7:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.”
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“With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 7:21 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 14:17She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.
- Judges 16:15“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!”
- 1 Samuel 28:23Saul 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.
- 2 Kings 4:8One 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.
- Nehemiah 6:4Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
- Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
- Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
- Luke 14:23So 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 24:29But 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.
- Acts 16:15And 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.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
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