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

⁵ That they may keep thee from the strange woman, even from the strange that is smooth in her words.

²¹ Thus with her great craft she caused him to yield, and with her flattering lips she enticed him.

²⁸ A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruin.

²³ He that rebuketh a man, shall find more favor at the length, than he that flattereth with his tongue.

⁵ A man that flattereth his neighbor, ^[a]spreadeth a net for his steps.