Proverbs 5:7

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, 1 And depart not from the words of my mouth. 1

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Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

In Context

6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, 1 Her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 1

8Remove thy way far from her, 1 And come not nigh the door of her house: 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:21My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: 1 Keep sound wisdom and discretion: 1

Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from thine eyes; 1 Keep them in the midst of thine heart. 1

Proverbs 8:32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: 1 For blessed are they that keep my ways. 1

Hebrews 12:25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh 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 →

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