Proverbs 5:7
Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6So that she findeth not the level path of life: her ways are unstable and she knoweth it not.
8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion;
Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Proverbs 8:32Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Hebrews 12:25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not, when they refused him that warned them on earth, much more shall not we escape, who turn away from him that warneth from heaven:
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 →