Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 7:21 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.”
Proverbs 7:21
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
For the goodman {is} not at home, he is gone a long journey:
He hath taken a bag of money with him, {and} will come home at the day appointed. {with...: Heb. in his hand} {the day...: or, the new moon}
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; {straightway: Heb. suddenly}
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it {is} for his life.
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