Proverbs 5:7
And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6The path of life — lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths — thou knowest not.
8Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,
Cross References
Proverbs 3:21My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,
Proverbs 4:21Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.
Proverbs 8:32And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.
Hebrews 12:25See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking — much less we who do turn away from him who [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 →