Proverbs 7:21

¹⁹ For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

²⁰ He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

²² He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

²³ Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
KJV: With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
WEB: With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
ASV: With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
DARBY: With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
BLB: She turns him aside with the abundance of her speech; with the smoothness of her lips she compels him.

ÅB: Hun fikk lokket ham ved sin sterke overtalelse, ved sine glatte lepper forførte hun ham.
OTB: Med sine mange overtalelser lokker hun ham; med sine glatte lepper forfører hun ham.
B1930: Hun fikk lokket ham ved sin sterke overtalelse, ved sine glatte leber forførte hun ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
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Proverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
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2 Kings 4:8
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
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Luke 24:29
But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
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Psalms 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
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Judges 16:15–17
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
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2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
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Proverbs 6:24
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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