Proverbs 7:21 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 7:21

With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

KJV

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On Cain and Abel (397)

With a provocative movement of a prostitute, with a disrupted gait through delights, with wandering eyes, and with playful darting of her eyelids, she captures the precious souls of young men (for the eye of a prostitute is a snare of a sinner), and with doubtful perception, she accosts anyone passing by in the corner of her house, with charming words, causing the hearts of young men to flutter, restless at home, wandering in the streets, prodigal with kisses, cheap in modesty, rich in attire, painted cheeks.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Wisdom's maidens, who plead her cause, and have reason on their side, and true and divine pleasures to invite men to, have a deaf ear turned to them, and with all their rhetoric cannot compel men to come in, but such is the dominion of sin in the hearts of men that its allurements soon prevail by falsehood and flattery.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Fair speech - The Hebrew word is usually translated “doctrine,” or “learning” Pro 1:5; Pro 4:2; Pro 9:9; possibly it is used here in keen irony.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הִ֭טַּתּוּ	Hi.ta.tu	she turns him	H5186 →
בְּרֹ֣ב	be.Ro	with [the] greatness of	H7230 →
לִקְחָ֑הּ	lik.Chah	persuasiveness her	H3948 →
בְּחֵ֥לֶק	be.Che.lek	with [the] seductiveness of	H2506 →
שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָ	Se.fa.Tei.ha	lips her	H8193 →
תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃	ta.di.Che.nu	she impels him	H5080 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 5:3
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
leads to
- Proverbs 2:16
  It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 6:24
  to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Kings 4:8
One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
leads to
- Genesis 19:3
  But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 19:18
  Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
Through
Psalms 12:2
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
leads to
- Romans 16:18
  For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- Jeremiah 9:8
  Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
- Psalms 41:6
  My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
- Psalms 144:8
  whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Proverbs

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Proverbs