21 With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
Proverbs 7:21
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Proverbs 5:2–4
2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge. 3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, 4 in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
Testament of Reuben 2:15–17
15 For moreover, concerning them, the angel of the Lord told me, and taught me, that women are overcome by the spirit of fornication more than men, and in their heart they plot against men; and by means of their adornment they deceive first their minds, and by t… (T12)
Testament of Joseph 1:79–81
79 And when I heard her groanings I held my peace. (T12) 80 For when I was in her house she was wont to bare her arms, and breasts, and legs, that I might lie with her; for she was very beautiful, splendidly adorned in order to beguile me. (T12) 81 And the Lord guarded me from her… (T12)
Proverbs 7:12–14
12 Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner. 13 She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him: 14 “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
Proverbs 6:24–26
24 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. 25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. 26 For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
Sirach 14:21–23
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Testament of Joseph 1:35–37
35 And I declared unto her the words of the Most High, if haply she would turn from her evil lust. (T12) 36 Often, therefore, did she flatter me with words as a holy man, and guilefully in her talk praise my chastity before her husband, while desiring to ensnare me when w… (T12)
Proverbs 2:15–17
15 whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious. 16 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words 17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
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