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1. Pro 7:21 – “With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.”
- With her much fair speech she caused him to yield,
- The strange woman employed fair speech to convince the young man.
- Fair adj. – 1. Beautiful to the eye; of pleasing form or appearance; good-looking. Of language, diction: Elegant. Hence fair speaker. Obs. 5. a. Of external manifestations, words, promises: Attractive or pleasing at the first sight or hearing; specious, plausible, flattering.
- Elegant adj. – Tastefully ornate in attire; sometimes in unfavourable sense: Dainty, foppish. 4. a. Of composition, literary style, etc.; also of words or phrases: Characterized by grace and refinement; ‘pleasing by minuter beauties’ (J.). b. Of a speaker or author: Characterized by refinement and polish of style.
- Good words and fair speeches are used to deceive the simple (Rom 16:18; Pro 7:7).
- Her fair speech was executed masterfully.
- She began by appealing to his spirituality and morality by pretending to be religious (Pro 7:14).
- Then she appeals to his pride by telling him that she has been diligently seeking him and has found him (Pro 7:15).
- Next she appeals to his sensuality by telling him of her ornately adorned and perfumed bed (Pro 7:16-17).
- Next she appeals to his lust by outright asking him to make love with her (Pro 7:18).
- Finally, she allays his fears by assuring him that her husband is not home and will not be back to a long time (Pro 7:19-20).
- The result of her fair speech was to cause him to yield.
- Yield v. – III. To surrender, give way, submit. a. To hand over, give up, relinquish possession of, surrender, resign. 17. a. To give way to persuasion, entreaty, or the like; to cease to oppose or object; to submit, comply, consent. b. with inf. or clause, or with to and n.: To submit, consent, agree (to do something, that something should be done, or to something proposed).
- The fact that he was made to yield indicates that he was hesitant and was exerting some resistance.
- She was able to overcome any hesitation he had with her fair speech.
- with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
- Flatter – 1. a. intr. Of an animal, bird, etc.: To show delight or fondness (by wagging the tail, making a caressing sound, etc.). 2. To try to please or win the favour of (a person) by obsequious speech or conduct; to court, fawn upon. 3. To praise or compliment unduly or insincerely.
- The most powerful and oft used tool in the arsenal of the strange woman is flattery (Pro 2:16; Pro 5:3; Pro 6:24; Pro 7:5).
- She was spreading a net for his feet by fawning upon him with insincere praise (Pro 29:5).
- By use of enticing words, she forced him into her filthy bed.
- Force v. – 1. trans. To use violence to; to violate, ravish (a woman). 3. a. To constrain by force (whether physical or moral); to compel; to overcome the resistance of. to force (one’s) hand: to compel one to act prematurely or to adopt a policy he dislikes.
- The fact that she forced him indicates that he did put up some resistance.
- Though women are the weaker vessel (1Pe 3:7), they have great power over men through their looks and words to overcome their resistance and compel them to do what they want.