To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.