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Proverbs 7:21

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

KJV

Irretivit eum multis sermonibus, et blanditiis labiorum protraxit illum.

Vulgate

ἀπεπλάνησεν δὲ αὐτὸν πολλῇ ὁμιλίᾳ, βρόχοις τε τοῖς ἀπὸ χειλέων ἐξώκειλεν αὐτόν·

LXX

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

ASV

הִ֭טַּתּ/וּ בְּ/רֹ֣ב לִקְחָ֑/הּ בְּ/חֵ֥לֶק שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗י/הָ תַּדִּיחֶֽ/נּוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חֵ֥לֶק
chlq
noun · 66×
י
y
noun · 177×
לֶֽקַח
lqch
noun · 9×
ם
m
verb · 52×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
רֹ֣ב
rb
noun · 149×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 2:4 — And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
  • 2Kgs 4:8 — 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.
  • 2Kgs 4:8 — 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.
  • Eccl 7:26 — And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
  • Jas 3:6 — And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
  • Judg 16:16 — And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
  • Judg 16:19 — And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
  • Luke 24:29 — But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
  • Prov 1:10 — My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
  • Prov 5:3 — For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
  • Prov 5:3 — For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
  • Prov 7:5 — That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
  • Prov 26:28 — A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
  • Prov 29:5 — A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
  • Ps 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.