Proverbs 5:7
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, that thou canst not know them .
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 thy eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from thy eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
Proverbs 8:32Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Hebrews 12:25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape , if we turn away from him that speaketh 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 →