Proverbs 7:4-5
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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
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Proverbs 7:21
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21 With persuasive words, she led him astray.
With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
Proverbs 7:21
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21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with her smooth talk she compels him.(A)
Proverbs 26:28
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28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts;
and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 26:28
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28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.(A)
Proverbs 28:23
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23 One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
than one who flatters with the tongue.
Proverbs 28:23
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23 Whoever rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
than one who flatters with the tongue.(A)
Proverbs 29:5
World English Bible
5 A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.
Proverbs 29:5
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5 Whoever flatters a neighbor
is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet.
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