Proverbs 7:4-5
English Standard Version
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call insight your intimate friend,
5 to keep you from (A)the forbidden[a] woman,
from (B)the adulteress[b] with her smooth words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:5 Hebrew strange
- Proverbs 7:5 Hebrew the foreign woman
Proverbs 7:4-5
New American Standard Bible
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend,
5 So that they may keep you from an [a]adulteress,
From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:5 Lit strange woman
Proverbs 7:21
English Standard Version
21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with (A)her smooth talk she compels him.
Proverbs 7:21
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:21 Lit smooth
Proverbs 26:28
English Standard Version
28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 26:28
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:28 Lit its crushed ones
Proverbs 28:23
English Standard Version
Proverbs 28:23
New American Standard Bible
23 One who (A)rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
Than one who (B)flatters with the tongue.
Proverbs 29:5
English Standard Version
Proverbs 29:5
New American Standard Bible
5 A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Is spreading a net for his steps.
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