Proverbs 7:24

Pay heed unto me now therefore, O ye banim, 1 and attend to the words of my peh (mouth). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

In Context

23Till a khetz (arrow) strike through his liver; 1 as a tzippor hasteth to the pach (snare), 1 and knoweth not that it is for his nefesh (life). 1

25Let not thine lev turn aside to her drakhim; 1 go not astray in her netivot (trodden paths). 1

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Cross References

Psalms 34:12Come, ye banim, pay heed unto me; 1 I will teach you the fear of Hashem. 1

Proverbs 5:7Hear me now therefore, O ye banim, 1 and turn not from the words of my peh (mouth). 1

Proverbs 13:1A ben chacham heareth his musar av, 1 but a scoffer heareth not ge'arah (scolding, rebuke). 1

Galatians 4:19My yeladim, for whom again I suffer chevlei leydah (birth pains) until Moshiach is formed in you,

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:7-24

The Foolish Young Man; Enticements of the Adulteress. 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now… Read the whole commentary →

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