Proverbs 5:2
So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
In Context
1My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:
3For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
Cross References
Psalms 71:15My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for they are more than may be measured.
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.
Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.
Malachi 2:6True teaching was in his mouth, and no evil was seen on his lips: he was walking with me in peace and righteousness, turning numbers of people away from evil-doing.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:2-15
Parental Instructions; Cautions against Sensuality. 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7… Read the whole commentary →