Proverbs 5:7
Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe them.
8Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.
Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart.
Proverbs 8:32Therefore nowe hearken, O children, vnto me: for blessed are they that keepe my wayes.
Hebrews 12:25See that ye despise not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not which refused him, that spake on earth: much more shall we not escape, if we turne away from him, that speaketh from heauen.
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 →