Proverbs 5:7
And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].
8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
Proverbs 8:32And now, sons, hearken unto me, and blessed are they that keep my ways:
Hebrews 12:25See that ye refuse not him that speaks. For if those did not escape who had refused him who uttered the oracles on earth, much more we who turn away from him [who does so] 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 →