Proverbs 7:21

“With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, etc.] Or, “to decline” from the right way: or, “inclined him”f196; his ear to listen to her, and his heart to go after her and along with her. This she did, by using a great many words, by her prolixity, and by some taking and striking expressions; lewd women are generally very talkativef197. It may be rendered, “by her much doctrine”f198, as the word is in (<200402>Proverbs 4:2); so Jezebel calls herself a prophetess, and sets up for a teacher of men; and, by her false doctrine, deceives some that are called the servants of Christ to commit fornication, and eat things sacrificed to idols, (<660220>Revelation 2:20); with the flattering of…”

“caused . . . yield--or, "inclines." flattering--(Compare Pro 5:3). forced him--by persuasion overcoming his scruples.”

“Fair speech - The Hebrew word is usually translated “doctrine,” or “learning” Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 4:2; Proverbs 9:9; possibly it is used here in keen irony. return to 'Top of Page'”

“7:21-23 The naive young man’s foolish actions might cost him his life (see 5:11; 6:32-35).”

“With her: Pro 7:5, Pro 5:3; Jdg 16:15-17; Psa 12:2 forced: Sa1 28:23; Kg2 4:8; Luk 14:23, Luk 24:29; Act 16:15; Co2 5:14 Proverbs 7:22”

“The result: - 21 She beguiled him by the fulness of her talking, By the smoothness of her lips she drew him away. Here is a climax. First she brought him to yield, overcoming the resistance of his mind to the last point (cf. Kg1 11:3); then drove him, or, as we say, hurried him wholly away, viz., from the right path or conduct (cf. Deu 13:6, Deu 13:11). With הטּתּוּ (= הטּתהוּ) as the chief factum, the past imperf. is interchanged, 21b. Regarding לקח, see above, p. 56. Here is the rhetoric of sin (Zckler); and perhaps the לקח of 20a has suggested this antiphrastic לקח to the author (Hitzig), as חלק (the inverted לקח, formed like שׁפל, which is the abstr. of שׁפל as that is of חלק) and…”