New King James Version
Proverbs 7:21
21With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, With her flattering lips she seduced 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 Living Translation (NLT)So she seduced him with her pretty speech and enticed him with her flattery.
Context of Proverbs 7:21
19For my husband is not at home; He has gone on a long journey; 20He has taken a bag of money with him, And will come home on the appointed day.” With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, With her flattering lips she seduced him. 22Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks, 23Till an arrow struck his liver. As a bird hastens to the snare, He did not know it would cost his life.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:21 word by word
הִ֭טַּתּוּ בְּרֹ֣ב לִקְחָ֑הּ בְּחֵ֥לֶק שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 7:21
- Proverbs 7:5That they may keep you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words.
- Proverbs 5:3For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil;
- Judges 16:15Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.”
- Psalms 12:2They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
- 1 Samuel 28:23But he refused and said, “I will not eat.” So his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he heeded their voice. Then he arose from the ground and sat on the bed.
- 2 Kings 4:8Now it happened one day that Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a notable woman, and she persuaded him to eat some food. So it was, as often as he passed by, he would turn in there to eat some food.
- Luke 14:23Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- Luke 24:29But they constrained Him, saying, “Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” And He went in to stay with them.
- Acts 16:15And when she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all 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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