Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.
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Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.
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Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to Proverbs 5:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 4:1 Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
- Proverbs 7:24 Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
- Proverbs 22:17-21 Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching. For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. I teach you today, even you, So that your trust may be in Yahweh. Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge, To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
- Proverbs 3:21 My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:
- Proverbs 4:21 Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.
- Hebrews 12:25 See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
- Proverbs 8:32-36 “Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it. Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts. For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh. But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children,…
Pro 5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Ver. 7. O ye children.] See Pro 4:1. Shechem, though at ripeness of age, yet is called a child. {Gen 39:19} Neque distulit puer. And the young man, or the child, deferred not to do the thing. A child he is called, that is, a fool, quia non ratione sed affectu rapitur, saith an interpreter, {a} because not reason but lust overruled him. "As for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel," said she to her libidinous {b} brother Amnon. {1Sa 23:13}
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{a} Pareus.
{b} Of persons, their lives, actions, desires: Given to, full of, or characterized by lust or lewdness; lustful, lecherous, lewd.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Hear me now therefore, O ye children,.... Since such…
Hear me now therefore, O ye children,.... Since such is the character, this the wretched end, and these the ways of the adulterous woman; those that are young in years, and liable to be ensnared by her, should hear what Solomon, or Christ, here says, for their caution and instruction; and especially such who are, or profess themselves to be, the children of God and of Christ; and therefore, as dear children, should be followers of them, and not of an harlot;
and depart not from the words of my mouth; the warnings, directions, and exhortations given to avoid the whorish woman; the doctrines of Christ, the truths of the Gospel: these should not be forsaken, but abode by; and also his precepts and ordinances, which should be closely attended unto.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 7. Hear me - O ye children] בנים…
Verse 7. Hear me - O ye children] בנים banim, sons, young men in general: for these are the most likely to be deceived and led astray.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 7. Hear me — Compare Pro_7:24.
7. Hear me — Compare Pro_7:24.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. ye children] Rather, my sons, R.V., as the…
7. ye children] Rather, my sons, R.V., as the same Heb. word is rendered throughout these exhortations.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (h). Eighth Discourse:—Against Adultery, and in Praise of Marriage…
(h). Eighth Discourse:—Against Adultery, and in Praise of Marriage (Pro_5:7-23).
(7) Hear me now therefore, O ye children.—In this verse Solomon apparently ceases to report the words of his father, and resumes his speech in his own person.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 7-14. The ruinous consequences of indulgence in illicit…
Vers. 7-14. The ruinous consequences of indulgence in illicit pleasures.
The subject of which the teacher is heating demands the utmost attention of youth. Enough, it might be supposed, had been said to deter from intercourse with the "strange woman." She has been portrayed in her real colours, plunging recklessly into ruin herself, and carrying her victims with her; deceitful, full of intrigues, neither walking in nor knowing the way of life. But the warning is amplified and made more impressive. There is another side of the picture, the complete bodily and temporal ruin of her victim. The argumentum ad hominem is applied. There is an appeal to personal interest in the details which follow, which ought not to fail in holding youth back. The form of the address which is repeated is very similar to that in Pro_7:24. The plural form, "O ye children", (cf. Pro_4:1 and Pro_7:24) immediately passes into the singular for the reason mentioned before, that, though the address is made to all, yet each individually is to apply it to himself.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Here the teacher shifts from warning about the adulteress…
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Here the teacher shifts from warning about the adulteress to giving advice.
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listen to me ... do not turn away from listening
These two phrases express the same idea to make the student pay attention. (See: Parallelism)
do not turn away from listening
The writer speaks of stopping an action as if the person physically turned away from it. AT: "do not stop listening" (See: Metaphor)
the words of my mouth
Here the word "mouth" represents the person who is speaking. AT: "my words" or "what I am saying" (See: Synecdoche)
Keep your path far away from her
Here the word "path" represents the person's daily conduct and circumstances. AT: "Keep yourself far away from her" or "Stay away from her" (See: Metonymy)
do not come near the door of her house
Here "the door of her house" represents the house itself. It may be more appropriate to use the word "go" instead of "come" since the latter might imply that the speaker is at the door of her house. AT: "do not go near the door of her house" or "do not even go near her house" (See: Synecdoche and Go and Come)
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