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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,”
    and to insight, “You are my relative.”
They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(A)

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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 With persuasive words she led him astray;
    she seduced him with her smooth talk.(A)

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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 hurts,
    and a flattering mouth(A) works 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 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
    rather than one who has a flattering tongue.(A)

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

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Those who flatter their neighbors
    are spreading nets for their feet.(A)

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