Proverbs 5:7

Hear me now therefore, O ye banim, 1 and turn not from the words of my peh (mouth). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

In Context

6Lest thou shouldest compare [hers] to the orach chayyim, 1 her ma'agalot (paths) are crooked, that thou canst not know them. 1

8Remove thy derech far from her, 1 and come not near the petach (doorway) of her bais; 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:21Beni (my son), let not them depart from thine eyes; 1 keep sound judgment and mezimah (discretion); 1

Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from thine eyes; 1 be shomer over them within thine lev. 1

Proverbs 8:32Now therefore pay heed unto me, O ye banim; 1 for ashrei (blessed, happy) are they that are shomer over my drakhim. 1

Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse the One speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused Him who gave them warning on ha'aretz, much less shall we escape who turn away from the One whose warning comes from Shomayim.

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 →

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