Proverbs 5:1
My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
In Context
2that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Proverbs 22:17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
Mark 4:23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Revelation 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
Revelation 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives 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 →