Proverbs 5:7
Now therefore, my sons, sh'ma ·hear obey· me. 2 Don’t depart from the words of my mouth. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6She gives no thought to the way of life. 2 Her ways are crooked, and she does not know it. 1
8Remove your way far from her. 2 Don’t come near the door of her house, 1
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My son, let them not depart from your eyes. 2 Keep sound wisdom and discretion: 1
Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from your eyes. 2 Keep them in the center of your heart. 1
Proverbs 8:32“Now therefore, my sons, sh'ma ·hear obey· unto me, 2 for blessed are those who keep my ways. 1
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 →