Proverbs 5:7
Therefore, my son, listen to me now, and do not withdraw from the words of my mouth.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6They do not walk along the path of life; her steps are wandering and untraceable.
8Make your way at a distance from her, and do not approach the doors of her house.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My son, let not these things move away from your eyes. Preserve law as well as counsel.
Proverbs 4:21Let them not recede from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.
Proverbs 8:32Therefore, sons, hear me now. Blessed are those who preserve my ways.
Hebrews 12:25Be careful not to reject the One who is speaking. For if those who rejected him who was speaking upon the earth were not able to escape, so much more we who might turn away from the One who is speaking to us from heaven.
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 →