Proverbs 5:2

לִשְׁמֹר מְזִמּוֹת וְדַעַת שְׂפָתֶיךָ יִנְצֹֽרוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

In Context

1בְּנִי לְחָכְמָתִי הַקְשִׁיבָה לִתְבוּנָתִי הַט ־ אָזְנֶֽךָ ׃

3כִּי נֹפֶת תִּטֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵי זָרָה וְחָלָק מִשֶּׁמֶן חִכָּֽהּ ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 71:15פִּי ׀ יְסַפֵּר צִדְקָתֶךָ כָּל ־ הַיּוֹם תְּשׁוּעָתֶךָ כִּי לֹא יָדַעְתִּי סְפֹרֽוֹת ׃

Proverbs 10:21שִׂפְתֵי צַדִּיק יִרְעוּ רַבִּים וֶֽאֱוִילִים בַּחֲסַר ־ לֵב יָמֽוּתוּ ׃

Proverbs 15:7שִׂפְתֵי חֲכָמִים יְזָרוּ דָעַת וְלֵב כְּסִילִים לֹא ־ כֵֽן ׃

Proverbs 20:15יֵשׁ זָהָב וְרָב ־ פְּנִינִים וּכְלִי יְקָר שִׂפְתֵי ־ דָֽעַת ׃

Malachi 2:6תּוֹרַת אֱמֶת הָיְתָה בְּפִיהוּ וְעַוְלָה לֹא ־ נִמְצָא בִשְׂפָתָיו בְּשָׁלוֹם וּבְמִישׁוֹר הָלַךְ אִתִּי וְרַבִּים הֵשִׁיב מֵעָוֺֽן ׃

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 →

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