Proverbs 7:21
She convinced him with all that she said; she seduced him with her smooth talking.
Free Bible 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 a bag of money with him, and he won't be coming back until the full moon.”
22He followed her right away, like an ox to the slaughter. Like a stag that's caught in a snare
Cross References
Judges 16:15Then Delilah complained to Samson, “How can you tell me, ‘I love you,’ when you don't let me into your confidence? Three times you've made me look stupid, not telling me where your incredible strength comes from!”
2 Kings 4:8One day as Elisha was passing through Shunem, a wealthy woman who lived there convinced him to have a meal. After that, whenever he was passing by he would stop there to eat.
Psalms 12:2Everyone lies to their neighbors. They flatter with nice talk, but they don't mean what they say.
Proverbs 6:24It will protect you from an evil woman and the seductive words of a prostitute.
Luke 14:23So the master told the servant, ‘Go out on the country roads and lanes, and make people come—I want my house to be full.
Acts 16:15After she and all her household were baptized, she pleaded with us, “If you really think that I'm truly committed to the Lord, then come and stay at my house.” She kept on insisting until we agreed!
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 →