Proverbs 7:4-5
New King James Version
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your nearest kin,
5 (A)That they may keep you from the immoral woman,
From the seductress who flatters with her words.
Proverbs 7:4-5
Authorized (King James) Version
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister;
and call understanding thy kinswoman:
5 that they may keep thee from the strange woman,
from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Proverbs 7:21
New King James Version
21 [a]With (A)her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
(B)With her flattering lips she [b]seduced him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:21 By the greatness of her words
- Proverbs 7:21 compelled
Proverbs 7:21
Authorized (King James) Version
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield,
with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Proverbs 26:28
New King James Version
28 A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it,
And a flattering mouth works (A)ruin.
Proverbs 26:28
Authorized (King James) Version
28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it;
and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Proverbs 28:23
New King James Version
23 (A)He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward
Than he who flatters with the tongue.
Proverbs 28:23
Authorized (King James) Version
23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour
than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Proverbs 29:5
New King James Version
5 A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Spreads a net for his feet.
Proverbs 29:5
Authorized (King James) Version
5 A man that flattereth his neighbour
spreadeth a net for his feet.
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