Proverbs 5:7
Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6Lest she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knoweth it not.
8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house;
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion;
Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
Proverbs 8:32Now therefore, ye children, hearken unto me; for happy 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 →