Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 7:21
21With her persistent pleading she entices him, with smooth talk she seduces 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 my husband is not at home— he’s gone on a long journey. 20He took a bag of money with him— he won’t come home until full moon.” With her persistent pleading she entices him, with smooth talk she seduces him. 22Suddenly he follows her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a stag bounding toward a trap, 23till an arrow pierces its liver. Like a bird darting into a snare, he never considered his own soul!
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:21 word by word
הִ֭טַּתּוּ בְּרֹ֣ב לִקְחָ֑הּ בְּחֵ֥לֶק שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:21
- Proverbs 7:5They will keep you from a seducing woman, from the foreign woman with her seductive speech.
- Proverbs 5:3For a seducing woman’s lips drip honey and her mouth is smoother than oil.
- Judges 16:15“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she said to him, “when your heart is not with me? This is three times you’ve deceived me and not told me where your great strength comes from.”
- Psalms 12:2Help, Adonai! For no one godly exists. For the faithful have vanished from the children of men.
- 1 Samuel 28:23But he refused and said, “I won’t eat.” But when his courtiers and the woman urged him, he listened to them. So he got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
- 2 Kings 4:8One day when Elisha passed through Shunem, where there was a prominent woman who persuaded him to eat some food. And so it was, whenever he passed through, he would stop for a meal.
- Luke 14:23“So the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the thoroughfares and fenced areas, and press them to come in so my home may be filled.
- Luke 24:29But they urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is already gone.” So He went in to stay with them.
- Acts 16:15When she was immersed, along with her household, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she insisted.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Messiah compels us, since we have concluded that One died for all; as a result 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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