Proverbs 7:21

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She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 5:3 : 3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
  • Judg 16:15-17 : 15 She said to him,“How can you say,‘I love you,’ when you will not share your secret with me? Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong.” 16 She nagged him every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it. 17 Finally he told her his secret. He said to her,“My hair has never been cut, for I have been dedicated to God from the time I was conceived. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me; I would become weak, and be just like all other men.”
  • 1 Sam 28:23 : 23 But he refused, saying,“I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged him to eat, so he gave in. He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.
  • 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 Elisha Gives Life to a Boy One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal. So whenever he was passing through, he would stop in there for a meal.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.
  • Luke 14:23 : 23 So the master said to his slave,‘Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.
  • Luke 24:29 : 29 but they urged him,“Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done.” So he went in to stay with them.
  • Acts 16:15 : 15 After she and her household were baptized, she urged us,“If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded us.
  • 2 Cor 5:14 : 14 For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.
  • Prov 6:24 : 24 by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

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  • Prov 7:22-23
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    84%

    22Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare

    23till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

  • Prov 7:10-13
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    80%

    10Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

    11(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home–

    12at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

    13So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,

  • Prov 2:16-18
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    78%

    16to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;

    17who leaves the husband from her younger days, and has ignored her marriage covenant made before God.

    18For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits.

  • Prov 7:20
    77%

    20He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month.”

  • Prov 7:8
    76%

    8He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house

  • Prov 7:5
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    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

  • Prov 7:25-27
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

    26for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.

    27Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.

  • Prov 5:3-4
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    76%

    3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,

    4but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

  • Prov 6:24-26
    3 verses
    75%

    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

    25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

    26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

  • Eccl 7:26
    74%

    26I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

  • Prov 5:19-20
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    73%

    19a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always.

    20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

  • Prov 30:20
    73%

    20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she has eaten and wiped her mouth and has said,“I have not done wrong.”

  • Ezek 16:32
    72%

    32“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Prov 5:8
    72%

    8Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

  • Prov 22:14
    72%

    14The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.

  • Prov 23:28
    71%

    28Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

  • Exod 22:16
    71%

    16Moral and Ceremonial Laws“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and goes to bed with her, he must surely pay the marriage price for her to be his wife.

  • Prov 9:16
    71%

    16“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,

  • Deut 22:14
    71%

    14accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying,“I married this woman but when I approached her for marital relations I discovered she was not a virgin!”

  • Ezek 23:42-43
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    42The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her, including all kinds of men; even Sabeans were brought from the desert. The sisters put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.

    43Then I said about the one worn out by adultery,‘Now they will commit immoral acts with her.’

  • Prov 3:17
    71%

    17Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

  • Ezek 23:17
    71%

    17The Babylonians crawled into bed with her. They defiled her with their lust; after she was defiled by them, she became disgusted with them.

  • Prov 31:26
    70%

    26She has opened her mouth with wisdom, with loving instruction on her tongue.

  • Prov 9:4
    70%

    4“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,

  • Prov 11:22
    70%

    22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.

  • 2 Sam 13:14
    70%

    14But he refused to listen to her. He overpowered her and humiliated her by raping her.

  • Jer 11:15
    70%

    15The LORD says to the people of Judah,“What right do you have to be in my temple, my beloved people? Many of you have done wicked things. Can your acts of treachery be so easily canceled by sacred offerings that you take joy in doing evil even while you make them?

  • Prov 1:21
    70%

    21at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

  • Prov 27:16
    70%

    16Whoever contains her has contained the wind or can grasp oil with his right hand.

  • Dan 11:17
    69%

    17His intention will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and he will form alliances. He will give the king of the south a daughter in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but it will not turn out to his advantage.

  • Prov 5:6
    69%

    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

  • Prov 16:29
    69%

    29A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.

  • Hos 2:7
    69%

    7Then she will pursue her lovers, but she will not catch them; she will seek them, but she will not find them. Then she will say,“I will go back to my husband, because I was better off then than I am now.”

  • Judg 16:16
    69%

    16She nagged him every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it.

  • Job 31:10
    69%

    10then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men commit adultery with her.

  • Job 41:3
    69%

    3Will it make numerous supplications to you, will it speak to you with tender words?

  • Prov 23:33
    69%

    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.