21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
    she seduced him with her smooth talk.(A)

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

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For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;(A)

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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

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They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(A)

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That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

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The Shunammite’s Son Restored to Life

One day Elisha went to Shunem.(A) And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat.

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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.

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29 But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.

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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.

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Everyone lies(A) to their neighbor;
    they flatter with their lips
    but harbor deception in their hearts.(B)

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They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

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14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.(A)

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14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

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24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
    from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.(A)

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24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

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15 Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’(A) when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time(B) you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.(C) 16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.

17 So he told her everything.(D) “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite(E) 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.”

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15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine 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, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite 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.

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15 When she and the members of her household(A) were baptized,(B) she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

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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.

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23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.

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23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

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23 He refused(A) and said, “I will not eat.”

But his men joined the woman in urging him, and he listened to them. He got up from the ground and sat on the couch.

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23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

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