Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
    and to insight, “You are my relative.”
They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(A)

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Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your nearest kin,
(A)That they may keep you from the immoral woman,
From the seductress who flatters with her words.

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21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
    she seduced him with her smooth talk.(A)

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21 [a]With (A)her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
(B)With her flattering lips she [b]seduced him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:21 By the greatness of her words
  2. Proverbs 7:21 compelled

28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts,
    and a flattering mouth(A) works ruin.

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28 A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it,
And a flattering mouth works (A)ruin.

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23 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
    rather than one who has a flattering tongue.(A)

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23 (A)He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward
Than he who flatters with the tongue.

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Those who flatter their neighbors
    are spreading nets for their feet.(A)

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A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Spreads a net for his feet.

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