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Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.”
    Call understanding your relative,
that they may keep you from the strange woman,
    from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

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Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”(A)
and call understanding your relative.
She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
a wayward woman with her flattering talk.(B)

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21 With persuasive words, she led him astray.
    With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

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21 She seduces him with her persistent pleading;
she lures with her flattering talk.

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28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts;
    and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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

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23 One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
    than one who flatters with the tongue.

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23 One who rebukes a person will later find more favor(A)
than one who flatters with his tongue.(B)

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A man who flatters his neighbor
    spreads a net for his feet.

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A person who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.(A)

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