Proverbs 5:1
My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
In Context
2That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 22:17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
Mark 4:23If any man hath 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, to him will I 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, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one 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 →