Pro 7:21-23, 26-27, Luk 11:8, 18:5 | ESV | STEP | With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.

Proverbs 7:21-23

21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with ^aher smooth talk she compels him.
22 All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast ^{▼▼Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew as an anklet for the discipline of a fool}
23 till an arrow pierces its liver;
as ^ca bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.

Proverbs 7:26-27

26 for many a victim has she laid low,
and all her slain are ^da mighty throng.
27 Her house is ^ethe way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.

Luke 11:8

8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything ^fbecause he is his friend, yet because of his impudence ^{▼▼Or persistence} he will rise and give him whatever he needs.

Luke 18:5

5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’”