Proverbs 7:21
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Cross-reference
Proverbs 5:3 describes the same seductress whose lips drip honey and are smoother than oil — the persuasive speech that leads to downfall.
Proverbs 1:10 warns against enticement by sinners, while Proverbs 7:21 depicts succumbing to that enticement — a thematic parallel.
Proverbs 2:16 directly mentions the strange woman who flatters with words — the same figure whose speech causes the young man to yield here.
Proverbs 26:28 warns that a flattering mouth works ruin — exactly the outcome of the flattering speech in Proverbs 7:21.
Proverbs 29:5 explicitly states that flattery spreads a net, echoing how the seductress's speech traps her victim.
In Judges 16:15-17, Delilah similarly uses persistent pleading to pressure Samson into revealing his secret — a woman's words leading a man to ruin.
In Judges 14:17, Samson's wife presses him with tears until he yields the riddle — another instance of a woman's persistent words overcoming a man's resistance.
Judges 16:16 describes Delilah pressing Samson daily with words until he gives in — a direct parallel to the persistent flattery that overcomes the young man.
Ecclesiastes 7:26 depicts the seductive woman as snares and nets, directly paralleling the trap of flattering lips.
Paul deliberately avoids enticing words in 1 Corinthians 2:4, contrasting with the flattery that leads to sin in Proverbs.
Nehemiah 6:4 shows Sanballat persistently trying to lure Nehemiah, but Nehemiah refuses — contrasting with the young man who yields.
Job 31:9 denies being deceived by a woman — a contrast to the young man who is seduced in Proverbs 7:21.
James 3:6 warns the tongue is a fire, paralleling the destructive power of the seductress's flattering speech.
Psalm 12:2 condemns flattering lips and double hearts — the same kind of deceitful speech the seductress uses, though applied to general falsehood.