Proverbs 5:1
My sonne geue heede vnto my wisdome, and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence:
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
In Context
2That thou mayest regarde good counsell, and that thy lippes may kepe knowledge.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne grandstanding.
Proverbs 6:20My sonne, kepe thy fathers commaundement, and forsake not the lawe of thy mother:
Proverbs 22:17Bowe downe thyne eare, and heare the wordes of the wise: applie thy mind vnto my doctrine:
Mark 4:23If any man haue eares to heare, let hym heare.
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 →