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Proverbs 7:21
21With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
Proverbs 7:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
- New International Version (NIV)With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
- English Standard Version (ESV)With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, With her flattering lips she seduced him.
Context of Proverbs 7:21
19For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey; 20he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon. With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him. 22He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks [serve] for the correction of the fool; 23till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:21 word by word
הִ֭טַּתּוּ בְּרֹ֣ב לִקְחָ֑הּ בְּחֵ֥לֶק שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:21
- Proverbs 7:5that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
- Proverbs 5:3For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
- Judges 16:15Then she said to him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? these three times hast thou mocked me, and hast not told me in what is thy great strength.
- Psalms 12:2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.
- 1 Samuel 28:23But he refused and said, I will not eat. Then his servants, and the woman also, compelled him, and he hearkened to their voice; and he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.
- 2 Kings 4:8And it came to pass on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a wealthy 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.
- Luke 14:23And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;
- Luke 24:29And they constrained him, saying, Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is declining. And he entered in to stay with them.
- Acts 16:15And when she had been baptised and her house, she besought [us], saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide [there]. And she constrained us.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21With her much fair speech - With her blandishments and lascivious talk, she overcame all his scruples, and constrained him to yield.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Fair speech - The Hebrew word is usually translated “doctrine,” or “learning” Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 4:2; Proverbs 9:9; possibly it is used here in keen irony.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-27Verses 6-27 Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same place. The misery of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-23The young man's unwise actions could endanger his life (see Proverbs 5:11; 6:32–35).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. caused ... yield--or, "inclines." flattering--(Compare Pr 5:3). forced him--by persuasion overcoming his scruples.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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