Proverbs 5:7
Now therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.
8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:
Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from thy eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart:
Proverbs 8:32Now therefore, ye children, hear me: Blessed are they that keep my ways.
Hebrews 12:25See that you refuse him not that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke upon the earth, much more shall not we, that turn away from him that speaketh 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 →