Proverbs 7:4-5
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Proverbs 7:4-5
Common English Bible
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister”;
call understanding “friend,”
5 so she might guard you against the mysterious woman,
from the foreign woman who flatters you.
Proverbs 7:21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with her smooth talk she compels him.(A)
Proverbs 7:21
Common English Bible
21 She seduces him with all her talk.
She entices him with her flattery.
Proverbs 26:28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.(A)
Proverbs 26:28
Common English Bible
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes;
a flattering mouth causes destruction.
Proverbs 28:23
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23 Whoever rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
than one who flatters with the tongue.(A)
Proverbs 28:23
Common English Bible
23 Those who correct someone will, in the end, find more favor
than those with flattering tongues.
Proverbs 29:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 Whoever flatters a neighbor
is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet.
Proverbs 29:5
Common English Bible
5 People who flatter their friends
spread out a net for their feet.
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