Proverbs 7:21
הִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
20צְֽרוֹר ־ הַכֶּסֶף לָקַח בְּיָדוֹ לְיוֹם הַכֵּסֶא יָבֹא בֵיתֽוֹ ׃
22הוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ פִּתְאֹם כְּשׁוֹר אֶל ־ טָבַח יָבוֹא וּכְעֶכֶס אֶל ־ מוּסַר אֱוִֽיל ׃
Cross References
Judges 16:15וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֵיךְ תֹּאמַר אֲהַבְתִּיךְ וְלִבְּךָ אֵין אִתִּי זֶה שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים הֵתַלְתָּ בִּי וְלֹא ־ הִגַּדְתָּ לִּי בַּמֶּה כֹּחֲךָ גָדֽוֹל ׃
2 Kings 4:8וַיְהִי הַיּוֹם וַיַּעֲבֹר אֱלִישָׁע אֶל ־ שׁוּנֵם וְשָׁם אִשָּׁה גְדוֹלָה וַתַּחֲזֶק ־ בּוֹ לֶאֱכָל ־ לָחֶם וַֽיְהִי מִדֵּי עָבְרוֹ יָסֻר שָׁמָּה לֶאֱכָל ־ לָֽחֶם ׃
Psalms 12:2הוֹשִׁיעָה יְהוָה כִּי ־ גָמַר חָסִיד כִּי ־ פַסּוּ אֱמוּנִים מִבְּנֵי אָדָֽם ׃
Proverbs 6:24לִשְׁמָרְךָ מֵאֵשֶׁת רָע מֵֽחֶלְקַת לָשׁוֹן נָכְרִיָּֽה ׃
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 →