⁴ Say unto wisdom, “Thou art my sister,” and call understanding thy kinswoman,

⁵ that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the harlot who flattereth with her words.

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

²⁸ A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

²³ He that rebuketh a man shall afterwards find more favor than he that flattereth with his tongue.

⁵ A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.