4  Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

and call insight your intimate friend,

5  to keep you from ^lthe forbidden¹ woman,

from ^lthe adulteress² with her smooth words.

21  With much seductive speech she persuades him;

with ^gher smooth talk she compels him.

28  A lying tongue hates its victims,

and a flattering mouth works ruin.

23  Whoever ^prebukes a man will afterward find more favor

than ^qhe who flatters with his tongue.

5  ⁱA man who flatters his neighbor

spreads ^ja net for his feet.