Proverbs 5:1
My son, pay attention to my wisdom; 1 incline your ears 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
2so you may learn about discretion 1 and your lips may protect knowledge. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1Listen, sons, to a father's instruction, 1 and pay attention so you will know what understanding is. 1
Proverbs 6:20My son, obey the command of your father 1 and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. 1
Proverbs 22:17Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise 1 and apply your heart to my knowledge, 1
Mark 4:23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Revelation 2:7Let the one who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.”'”
Revelation 2:17Let the one who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give a white stone with a new name written on the stone, a name which no one knows but the one who receives it.”'”
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 →