Proverbs 5:1
My son, listen carefully to some more wise things that I will tell you. Listen well to what I am going to teach you.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1My children, listen to what I am teaching you. If you pay attention, you will understand what is wise.
Proverbs 6:20My son, obey my commands, and do not ignore what your mother has taught you.
Proverbs 22:17Now listen [MTY] to what wise people have said; think carefully about what I am teaching you.
Mark 4:23If you want to understand this, you should consider carefully what you have just heard.”
Revelation 2:7Everyone who wants to understand my message [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that God’s Spirit speaks to the congregations. To everyone who overcomes Satan, I will give the right to eat fruit [MTY] from the tree that gives eternal life, the tree that is in God’s garden.’”
Revelation 2:17Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that God’s Spirit speaks to the congregations. To everyone who conquers Satan, I will give blessings that will be like the food called manna that is in a jar that is {that someone has} hidden. I will also give them a white stone on which I will engrave a new name, a name that no one but the ones who receive it will know.’”
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 →