Proverbs 7:24
וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ ־ לִי וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לְאִמְרֵי ־ פִֽי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
In Context
23עַד יְפַלַּח חֵץ כְּֽבֵדוֹ כְּמַהֵר צִפּוֹר אֶל ־ פָּח וְלֹֽא ־ יָדַע כִּֽי ־ בְנַפְשׁוֹ הֽוּא ׃ פ
25אַל ־ יֵשְׂטְ אֶל ־ דְּרָכֶיהָ לִבֶּךָ אַל ־ תֵּתַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 34:12לְֽכוּ ־ בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ ־ לִי יִֽרְאַת יְהוָה אֲלַמֶּדְכֶֽם ׃
Proverbs 5:7וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ ־ לִי וְאַל ־ תָּסוּרוּ מֵאִמְרֵי ־ פִֽי ׃
Proverbs 13:1בֵּן חָכָם מוּסַר אָב וְלֵץ לֹא ־ שָׁמַע גְּעָרָֽה ׃
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:7-24
The Foolish Young Man; Enticements of the Adulteress. 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now… Read the whole commentary →