Proverbs 7:21
By her enticing speech she caused him to yield, 1 with the smoothness of her sfatayim she seduced him. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 hath taken a bag of kesef with him, 1 and will come back to his bais at the appointed time. 1
Cross References
Judges 16:15And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine lev is not with me? Thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy ko'ach gadol lieth.
2 Kings 4:8And then one day Elishah passed over to Shunem, where was an isha gedolah; and she constrained him to eat lechem. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in there to eat lechem.
Psalms 12:2Help, Hashem; for the chasid is no more; 1 for the emunim (faithful ones) vanish from among Bnei Adam. 1
Proverbs 6:24To be shomer over thee, keeping thee from the eshet rah, 1 from the smooth lashon of the nokhriyah (strange woman). 1
Luke 14:23And the Adon said to the eved, Go out to the rekhovot and along the boundaries and urge them to come in, in order that My Beis may be filled.
Acts 16:15And when she was given the Moshiachʼs tevilah of teshuva along with all her household, she said, If you have judged me ne'emanah to Hashem, enter into my bais and stay there. And she prevailed upon 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 →