Proverbs 7:4-5
World English Bible
4 Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.”
Call understanding your relative,
5 that they may keep you from the strange woman,
from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
Proverbs 7:4-5
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 wayward woman with her flattering talk.(B)
Proverbs 7:21
World English Bible
21 With persuasive words, she led him astray.
With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
Proverbs 7:21
Christian Standard Bible
21 She seduces him with her persistent pleading;
she lures with her flattering talk.
Proverbs 26:28
World English Bible
28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts;
and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 26:28
Christian Standard Bible
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Proverbs 28:23
World English Bible
23 One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
than one who flatters with the tongue.
Proverbs 28:23
Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 29:5
World English Bible
5 A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
Proverbs 29:5
Christian Standard Bible
5 A person who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.(A)
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