Proverbs 7:24

Now therefore, sons, sh'ma ·hear obey· me. 2 Pay attention to the words of my mouth. 1

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

23Until an arrow strikes through his liver, 2 as a bird hurries to the snare, 2 and does not know that it will cost his life. 1

25Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. 2 Don’t go astray in her paths, 1

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Cross References

Psalms 34:12מ Who of you takes pleasure in living? 2 Who 'ahav ·affectionately loves· a long life to see good things? 1

Proverbs 5:7Now therefore, my sons, sh'ma ·hear obey· me. 2 Don’t depart from the words of my mouth. 1

Proverbs 13:1A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, 2 but a scoffer does not sh'ma ·hear obey· rebuke. 1

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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