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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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Love wisdom like a sister;
    make insight a beloved member of your family.
Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman,
    from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.

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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 So she seduced him with her pretty speech
    and enticed him with her flattery.

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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 its victims,
    and flattering words cause 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 In the end, people appreciate honest criticism
    far more than flattery.

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

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To flatter friends
    is to lay a trap for their feet.

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