Proverbs 7:21

A Story Of Seduction

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He has taken a bag of money with him,
And he will come home on the appointed day.”
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With her many persuasions she caused him to yield;
With her flattering lips she seduced him.
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Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter [not knowing the outcome],
Or as one in stocks going to the correction [to be given] to a fool,

Flattering Lips

Persuasive Words

Turn Aside

Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb]
And her speech is smoother than oil;

Psalm 12:2

They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Judges 16:15-17

Then 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.”

1 Samuel 28:23

But he refused and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants together with the woman urged him, and he [finally] listened to them. So he got up from the ground and sat on the bed.

2 Kings 4:8

Now there came a day when Elisha went over to Shunem, where there was a prominent and influential woman, and she persuaded him to eat a meal. Afterward, whenever he passed by, he stopped there for a meal.

Proverbs 6:24

To keep you from the evil woman,
From [the flattery of] the smooth tongue of an immoral woman.

Proverbs 7:5

That they may keep you from the immoral woman,
From the foreigner [who does not observe God’s laws and] who flatters with her [smooth] words.

Luke 14:23

Then the master told the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled [with guests].

Luke 24:29

But they urged Him [not to go on], saying, “Stay with us, because it is almost evening, and the day has just about ended.” So He went inside to stay with them.

Acts 16:15

And when she was baptized, along with her household, she pleaded with us, saying, “If you have judged me and decided that I am faithful to the Lord [a true believer], come to my house and stay.” And she persuaded us.

2 Corinthians 5:14

For the love of Christ controls and compels us, because we have concluded this, that One died for all, therefore all died;