Proverbs 7:4-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 7:4-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”(A)
and call understanding your relative.
5 She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
a stranger with her flattering talk.(B)
Proverbs 7:21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with her smooth talk she compels him.(A)
Proverbs 7:21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
21 She seduces him with her persistent pleading;
she lures with her flattering[a] talk.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:21 Lit smooth
Proverbs 26:28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.(A)
Proverbs 26:28
Holman Christian Standard Bible
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Proverbs 28:23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
23 Whoever rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
than one who flatters with the tongue.(A)
Proverbs 28:23
Holman Christian Standard Bible
23 One who rebukes a person will later find more favor(A)
than one who flatters[a] with his tongue.(B)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:23 Lit is smooth
Proverbs 29:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 Whoever flatters a neighbor
is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet.
Proverbs 29:5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:5 Lit is smooth on
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