Proverbs 5:1
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. 2 Turn your ear to my understanding: 1
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In The King James Version
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
In Context
2that you may maintain discretion, 2 that your lips may preserve knowledge. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, sons, to a father’s instruction. 2 Pay attention and know understanding; 1
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s mitzvah ·instruction·, 2 and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching. 1
Proverbs 22:17Turn your ear, and sh'ma ·hear obey· the words of the wise. 2 Apply your heart to my teaching. 1
Mark 4:23If any man has ears to hear, let him sh'ma ·hear obey·.”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:1
The scope of this chapter is much the same with that of ch. ii . To write the same things, in other words, ought not to be grievous, for it is safe, Phil. iii. 1 . Here is, I. An exhortation to get acquaintance with and submit to the laws of wisdom in general, ver. 2 . II. A particular caution against the sin of whoredom, ver. 3-14 . III. Remedies prescribed against that sin. 1. Conjugal love, ver. 15-20 . 2. A regard to God's omniscience, ver. 21 . 3. A dread of the miserable end of wicked people, ver. 22, 23 .… Read the whole commentary →