Proverbs 7:4-5
Legacy Standard Bible
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend;
5 In order to keep you from the strange woman,
From the foreign woman who [a]flatters with her words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:5 Lit is smooth
Proverbs 7:4-5
Evangelical Heritage Version
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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:4 Or close friend
Proverbs 7:21
Legacy Standard Bible
21 With her abundant [a]persuasions she entices him;
With her (A)flattering lips she drives him to herself.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:21 Lit learning
Proverbs 7:21
Evangelical Heritage Version
21 She deceives him with enticing words.
With smooth lips she seduces him.
Proverbs 26:28
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:28 Lit its crushed ones
Proverbs 26:28
Evangelical Heritage Version
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a smooth mouth causes ruin.
Proverbs 28:23
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 28:23
Evangelical Heritage Version
23 In the end a person who corrects someone will find more favor
than a person with a flattering tongue.
Proverbs 29:5
Legacy Standard Bible
5 A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Is spreading a net for his steps.
Proverbs 29:5
Evangelical Heritage Version
5 A man who flatters his neighbor
is spreading a net for his steps.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:5 Or his own steps
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