21 [a]With (A)her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
(B)With her flattering lips she [b]seduced him.

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  1. Proverbs 7:21 By the greatness of her words
  2. Proverbs 7:21 compelled

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

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(A)For the lips of [a]an immoral woman drip honey,
And her mouth is (B)smoother than oil;

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  1. Proverbs 5:3 Lit. a strange

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

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(A)That they may keep you from the immoral woman,
From the seductress who flatters with her words.

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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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Elisha Raises the Shunammite’s Son(A)

Now it happened one day that Elisha went to (B)Shunem, where there was a [a]notable woman, and she [b]persuaded him to eat some food. So it was, as often as he passed by, he would turn in there to eat some food.

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  1. 2 Kings 4:8 Lit. great
  2. 2 Kings 4:8 Lit. laid hold on him

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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29 But (A)they constrained Him, saying, (B)“Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” And He went in to stay with them.

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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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(A)They speak idly everyone with his neighbor;
With flattering lips and [a]a double heart they speak.

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  1. Psalm 12:2 An inconsistent mind

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

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14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that (A)if One died for all, then all died;

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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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24 (A)To keep you from the evil woman,
From the flattering tongue of a seductress.

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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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15 Then she said to him, (A)“How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies. 16 And it came to pass, when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, so that his soul was [a]vexed to death, 17 that he (B)told her all his heart, and said to her, (C)“No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”

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  1. Judges 16:16 Lit. impatient to the point of

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 when she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” So (A)she persuaded us.

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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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23 Then the master said to 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 “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 But he refused and said, “I will not eat.”

So his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he heeded their voice. Then he arose from the ground and sat on the bed.

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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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