Proverbs 5:1
My son! Give attention to my wisdom, || Incline your ear to my understanding,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
In Context
2To observe thoughtfulness, || And your lips keep knowledge.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1Hear, you sons, the instruction of a father, || And give attention to know understanding.
Proverbs 6:20Keep, my son, the command of your father, || And do not leave the law of your mother.
Proverbs 22:17Incline your ear, and hear words of the wise, || And set your heart to my knowledge,
Mark 4:23If any has ears to hear—let him hear.”
Revelation 2:7He who is having an ear—let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming—I will give to him to eat of the Tree of Life that is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Revelation 2:17He who is having an ear—let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming, I will give to him to eat from the hidden manna, and will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, that no one knew except him who is receiving [it].
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:1
The scope of this chapter is much the same with that of ch. ii . To write the same things, in other words, ought not to be grievous, for it is safe, Phil. iii. 1 . Here is, I. An exhortation to get acquaintance with and submit to the laws of wisdom in general, ver. 2 . II. A particular caution against the sin of whoredom, ver. 3-14 . III. Remedies prescribed against that sin. 1. Conjugal love, ver. 15-20 . 2. A regard to God's omniscience, ver. 21 . 3. A dread of the miserable end of wicked people, ver. 22, 23 .… Read the whole commentary →