Proverbs 7:21 KJV
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Matthew Henry
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Thompson Chains
- FlatterySee the chain from Job 32:21 · 9 links
- Yielding to TemptationSee the chain from Genesis 3:6 · 9 links
Cross References
- Proverbs 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
- Psalms 12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
- 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. …
- 1 Samuel 28:23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
- 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.
- Proverbs 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
- Luke 14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- 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.
- Acts 16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, 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 5:14 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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Topics
- Adultery General scriptures concerning
- Blindness Spiritual
- Flattery General scriptures concerning
- Harlot (prostitute) Shamelessness of
- Hypocrisy General scriptures concerning
- Ignorance General scriptures concerning
- Lasciviousness General scriptures concerning
- Temptation General scriptures concerning
- Women Subtle and deceitful
- Young men General scriptures concerning
Hebrew and Strong’s
- With her much בְּרֹב bĕrōb רֹב Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition
- fair speech לִקְחָהּ liqḥāh לֶקַח Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
- she caused him to yield הִטַּתּוּ hiṭṭattû נָטָה Verb · hiphil perfect, third person feminine singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- with the flattering בְּחֵלֶק bĕḥēleq חֵלֶק Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
- of her lips שְׂפָתֶיהָ śĕpātêhā שָׂפָה Noun · feminine dual construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
- she forced תַּדִּיחֶנּוּ taddîḥennû נָדַח Verb · hiphil imperfect, third person feminine singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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