Proverbs 5:2
To observe thoughtfulness, || And your lips keep knowledge.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
In Context
1My son! Give attention to my wisdom, || Incline your ear to my understanding,
3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, || And her mouth [is] smoother than oil,
Cross References
Psalms 71:15My mouth recounts Your righteousness, || All the day Your salvation, || For I have not known the numbers.
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous delight many, || And fools die for lack of heart.
Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, || And the heart of fools [is] not right.
Proverbs 20:15Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, || Indeed, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.
Malachi 2:6The law of truth has been in his mouth, || And perverseness has not been found in his lips, || In peace and in uprightness he walked with Me, || And he brought back many from iniquity.
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 →