Proverbs 7:24

Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend, to the sayings of my mouth;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

In Context

23Until an arrow cleaveth his liver, as a bird hasteth into a snare, and knoweth not, that, for his life, it is!

25Let not thy heart, turn aside to her ways, Do not go astray, in her paths.

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Cross References

Psalms 34:12Who is the man that desireth life, Loving days, that he may see good?

Proverbs 5:7Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.

Proverbs 13:1A wise son, [cometh of] a father’s correction, but, a scoffer, heareth not a rebuke.

Galatians 4:19My dear children! for whom I, again, am in birth-pains, until Christ be formed within you;—

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 →

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