Proverbs 5:7
Now then, my son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known.
8Remove thy way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house:
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My son, let them not + 3:21 See Heb. 2. 1.pass from thee, but keep my counsel and understanding:
Proverbs 4:21that thy fountains may not fail thee; keep them in thine heart.
Proverbs 8:32Now then, my son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall hearken to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways; + 8:32 appendix has Alexandrine text as: “And blessed are they that keep my ways.”
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 →