Proverbs 5:7
So now, my sons, listen to me. ◄Never turn aside from/always remember► [LIT] what I am about to tell you.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
8Run away from immoral women! Do not go near the doors of their houses!
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My son, always keep doing things that are right and things that are smart. If you do that,
Proverbs 4:21Keep them close to you; let them penetrate your inner being,
Proverbs 8:32So, you people who are like my sons, listen to me. I am pleased with all those who obey my teachings.
Hebrews 12:25Beware that you do not refuse to listen to God who is speaking to you. The Israeli people did not escape God punishing them when Moses (OR, God) warned them here on earth. So we shall surely not escape God punishing us if we reject him when he warns us from heaven! [RHQ]
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 →