Font Size
Proverbs 7:4-5
New International Version
Proverbs 7:4-5
New International Version
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and to insight, “You are my relative.”
5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(A)
Proverbs 7:4-5
Common English Bible
Proverbs 7:4-5
Common English Bible
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister”;
call understanding “friend,”
5 so she might guard you against the mysterious woman,
from the foreign woman who flatters you.
Proverbs 7:21
New International Version
Proverbs 7:21
New International Version
21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
she seduced him with her smooth talk.(A)
Proverbs 7:21
Common English Bible
Proverbs 7:21
Common English Bible
21 She seduces him with all her talk.
She entices him with her flattery.
Proverbs 26:28
New International Version
Proverbs 26:28
New International Version
28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts,
and a flattering mouth(A) works ruin.
Proverbs 26:28
Common English Bible
Proverbs 26:28
Common English Bible
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes;
a flattering mouth causes destruction.
Proverbs 28:23
New International Version
Proverbs 28:23
New International Version
23 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
rather than one who has a flattering tongue.(A)
Proverbs 28:23
Common English Bible
Proverbs 28:23
Common English Bible
23 Those who correct someone will, in the end, find more favor
than those with flattering tongues.
Proverbs 29:5
New International Version
Proverbs 29:5
New International Version
5 Those who flatter their neighbors
are spreading nets for their feet.(A)
Proverbs 29:5
Common English Bible
Proverbs 29:5
Common English Bible
5 People who flatter their friends
spread out a net for their feet.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.
Common English Bible (CEB)
Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible