Proverbs 7:21

Proverbs 7:21 in other translations

What does Proverbs 7:21 mean?

Proverbs 7:21 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Proverbs 7:21

• Proverbs 5:3

  For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

• Proverbs 7:5

  That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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. And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

• 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:

• Proverbs 6:24

  To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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Context

• Proverbs 7:20

  He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

• Proverbs 7:21

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

• Proverbs 7:22

  He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

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