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Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
    and call understanding your kinswoman,
that they may keep you from the immoral woman,
    from the seductress who flatters with her words.

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21 With her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
    with the flattering of her lips she seduced him.

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28 A lying tongue hates those who are afflicted by it,
    and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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23 He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward
    than he who flatters with the tongue.

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A man who flatters his neighbor
    spreads a net for his feet.

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