Proverbs 5:7
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.
8Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion,
Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the centre of your heart.
Proverbs 8:32“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
Hebrews 12:25See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
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 →