Proverbs 5:7
וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ ־ לִי וְאַל ־ תָּסוּרוּ מֵאִמְרֵי ־ פִֽי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6אֹרַח חַיִּים פֶּן ־ תְּפַלֵּס נָעוּ מַעְגְּלֹתֶיהָ לֹא תֵדָֽע ׃ פ
8הַרְחֵק מֵעָלֶיהָ דַרְכֶּךָ וְאַל ־ תִּקְרַב אֶל ־ פֶּתַח בֵּיתָֽהּ ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21בְּנִי אַל ־ יָלֻזוּ מֵעֵינֶיךָ נְצֹר תֻּשִׁיָּה וּמְזִמָּֽה ׃
Proverbs 4:21אַל ־ יַלִּיזוּ מֵעֵינֶיךָ שָׁמְרֵם בְּתוֹךְ לְבָבֶֽךָ ׃
Proverbs 8:32וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ ־ לִי וְאַשְׁרֵי דְּרָכַי יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ ׃
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 →