Proverbs 5:1
My son, pay attention to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my prudence,
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In The King James Version
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence.
Proverbs 6:20My son, preserve the precepts of your father, and do not dismiss the law of your mother.
Proverbs 22:17Incline your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Then apply your heart to my doctrine.
Mark 4:23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Revelation 2:7Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches. To him who prevails, I will give to eat from the Tree of Life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
Revelation 2:17Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches. To him who prevails, I will give the hidden manna. And I will give to him a white emblem, and on the emblem, a new name has been written, which no one knows, except the one who receives it.
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 →