Proverbs 5:7
And now, you sons, listen to me, || And do not turn from sayings of my mouth.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6The path of life—lest you ponder, || Her paths have moved—you do not know.
8Keep your way far from off her, || And do not come near to the opening of her house,
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My son! Do not let them turn from your eyes, || Keep wisdom and thoughtfulness,
Proverbs 4:21Do not let them turn aside from your eyes, || Preserve them in the midst of your heart.
Proverbs 8:32And now, you sons, listen to me, || Indeed, blessed are they who keep my ways.
Hebrews 12:25Watch out lest you refuse Him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who was divinely speaking on earth—much less we who turn away from Him who [speaks] 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 →