Proverbs 7:24

So now listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to what I'm saying.

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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 its liver, like a bird flying into a trap, he's unaware he will pay with his life.

25Don't even think about following her. Don't stray down her road.

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Cross References

Psalms 34:12Who of you wants to live a long and happy life?

Proverbs 5:7Now, my son, listen to me; don't reject what I have taught you.

Proverbs 13:1A wise son accepts his father's discipline, but a mocker doesn't listen to correction.

Galatians 4:19My dear friends, I want to work with you until Christ's character is duplicated 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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