Proverbs 5:1
My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you may know prudence.
Proverbs 6:20My son, beep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
Proverbs 22:17Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine :
Mark 4:23If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
Revelation 2:7He, that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: To him, that overcometh, I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of my God.
Revelation 2:17He, that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: To him that overcometh, I will give the hidden manna, and will give him a white counter, and in the counter, a new name written, which no man knoweth, but he that receiveth 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 →