Proverbs 5:7
Hear me now, therefore, O children! And turn not away from the words of my mouth!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6That she may not ponder the way of life, Her paths waver when she heedeth it not.
8Remove thy way far from her. And come not nigh the door of her house:
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion!
Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart!
Proverbs 8:32“Now, therefore, ye children, hearken to me! For happy are they who keep my ways!
Hebrews 12:25See that ye refuse not him who speaketh. For if they did not escape, who refused him who spoke his will on earth, much more shall not we, if we turn away from him who 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 →