Proverbs 5:2
that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
In Context
1My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,
3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
Cross References
Psalms 71:15My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
Malachi 2:6The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
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 →