Proverbs 7:21
She turneth him aside, with her great persuasiveness,—with the flattery of her lips, she compelleth him:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
20A bag of silver, hath he taken in his hand, On the day of the full moon, will he enter his house.
Cross References
Judges 16:15And she said unto him—How canst thou say, I love thee, when, thy heart, is not with me? These three times, hast thou laughed at me, and hast not told me wherein lieth thy great strength.
2 Kings 4:8And so it was, on a day, that Elisha passed over unto Shunem, where was a woman of position, and she constrained him to eat bread,—and so it came about, whensoever he passed that way, that he turned aside thither, to eat bread.
Psalms 12:2Deception, speak they, every one with his neighbour,—with lips uttering smooth things—with a heart and a heart, do they speak.
Proverbs 6:24To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.
Luke 14:23And the lord said unto the servant—Go out among the highways and fences, and compel them to come in; that my house may be filled.
Acts 16:15And, when she was immersed, and her house, she besought [us], saying—If ye have judged me to be a believer in the Lord, come into my house, and abide [there]. And she constrained 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 →