⁴ Say to Wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call Understanding your relative.^[a]
5 She will keep you safe from an immoral woman,
from an unfaithful woman and her seductive words.

²¹ She deceives him with enticing words.
With smooth lips she seduces him.

²⁸ A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a smooth mouth causes ruin.

²³ In the end a person who corrects someone will find more favor
    than a person with a flattering tongue.

⁵ A man who flatters his neighbor
    is spreading a net for his steps.^[a]