Proverbs 5:7
So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
Proverbs 4:21Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
Proverbs 8:32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns 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 →