Proverbs 5:7
Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6Lest, the path of life, she should ponder, her tracks have wandered she knoweth not [whither].
8Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My son, let them not depart from thine eyes, guard thou counsel, and purpose:
Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart;
Proverbs 8:32Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, for how happy are they who, to my ways, pay regard!
Hebrews 12:25Beware, lest ye excuse yourselves from him that speaketh; for, if, they escaped not, who excused themselves from him who on earth was warning, how much less, shall, we, who from him that warneth from the heavens, do turn ourselves away:
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 →