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 Living Translation
4 Love wisdom like a sister;
make insight a beloved member of your family.
5 Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman,
from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous 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 Living Translation
21 So she seduced him with her pretty speech
and enticed him with her flattery.
Proverbs 26:28
English Standard Version
28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 26:28
New Living Translation
28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
and flattering words cause ruin.
Proverbs 28:23
English Standard Version
Proverbs 28:23
New Living Translation
23 In the end, people appreciate honest criticism
far more than flattery.
Proverbs 29:5
English Standard Version
Proverbs 29:5
New Living Translation
5 To flatter friends
is to lay a trap for their feet.
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