Proverbs 7:24

Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

In Context

23until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.

25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

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Cross References

Psalms 34:12Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

Proverbs 5:7So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 13:1A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.

Galatians 4:19My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:7-24

The Foolish Young Man; Enticements of the Adulteress. 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now… Read the whole commentary →

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