Proverbs 5:1
My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
In Context
2So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
Proverbs 22:17Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.
Mark 4:23If any man has ears, let him give ear.
Revelation 2:7He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the fruit of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
Revelation 2:17He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:1
The scope of this chapter is much the same with that of ch. ii . To write the same things, in other words, ought not to be grievous, for it is safe, Phil. iii. 1 . Here is, I. An exhortation to get acquaintance with and submit to the laws of wisdom in general, ver. 2 . II. A particular caution against the sin of whoredom, ver. 3-14 . III. Remedies prescribed against that sin. 1. Conjugal love, ver. 15-20 . 2. A regard to God's omniscience, ver. 21 . 3. A dread of the miserable end of wicked people, ver. 22, 23 .… Read the whole commentary →