Proverbs 5:2

(so) that thou keep thy thoughts (proper), and thy lips keep teaching (or and thy lips speak knowingly).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

In Context

1My son, perceive thou my wisdom, and bow down thine ear to my prudence; (My son, pay attention to my wisdom, and listen to my understanding of things;)

3Give thou not attention to the falseness of a woman; for the lips of an whore be an honeycomb dropping (or for a whore’s lips be like a dripping honeycomb), and her throat is clearer than oil;

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Cross References

Psalms 71:15My mouth shall tell thy rightfulness; all day thine health. For I knew not (by) literature, that is, by man’s teaching, but by God’s revelation, (My mouth shall tell out thy righteousness; and thy salvation, (or thy deliverance), all day long. For I know not by literature, (that is, by man’s teaching, or by reading and study, but by the revelation of God).)

Proverbs 10:21The lips of a just man teach full many men; but they that be unlearned shall die in neediness of heart. (The lips of the righteous teach a great many people; but they who be ignorant, shall die without any understanding.)

Proverbs 15:7The lips of wise men shall sow abroad knowing (or The lips of the wise sow abroad knowledge); (but) the heart (s) of fools shall be unlike (them, that is, they shall be full of ignorance).

Proverbs 20:15Gold, and the multitude of gems, and a precious vessel, be the lips of knowing (or be the value of words of knowledge, or of wise words).

Malachi 2:6The law of truth was in his mouth, and wickedness was not found in his lips; in peace and in equity he walked with me, and he turned away many men from wickedness. (The Law of Truth was in their mouths, and wickedness was not found on their lips; they walked with me in peace and in uprightness, and they turned many people away from wickedness.)

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 →

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