Proverbs 5:7
And now, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the sayings of my mouth.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6So that she cannot balance the path of life; her tracks are unsteady, and she knoweth it not.
8Remove far from her thy way, and come not nigh to the door of her house;
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My son, let them not be removed from thy eyes; keep [before thee] sound wisdom and discretion:
Proverbs 4:21Let them not slip away from thy eyes: guard them in the midst of thy heart.
Proverbs 8:32And now, O children [of men], hearken unto me! for happy those that observe 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 →