Proverbs 7:21
She enmeshed him with many words, and she drew him forward with the flattery of her lips.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
In Context
20He took with him a bag of money. He will return to his house on the day of the full moon.”
Cross References
Judges 16:15And Delilah said to him: “How can you say that you love me, when your soul is not with me? You have lied to me on three occasions, and you are not willing to reveal wherein lies your very great strength.”
2 Kings 4:8Now it happened that, on a certain day, Elisha passed by Shunem. And there was a great woman there, who took him to eat bread. And since he frequently passed by there, he turned aside to her house, so that he might eat bread.
Psalms 12:2How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day?
Proverbs 6:24So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider.
Luke 14:23And the lord said to the servant: ‘Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel them to enter, so that my house may be filled.
Acts 16:15And when she had been baptized, with her household, she pleaded with us, saying: “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, enter into my house and lodge there.” And she convinced us.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:7-24
The Foolish Young Man; Enticements of the Adulteress. 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now… Read the whole commentary →