Proverbs 5:7 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 5:7

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

KJV

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ASV

Now therefore, mysons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.

WEB

So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.

YLT

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

DBT

And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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Psalms 119:9
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Psalms 119:102
I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Proverbs 4:1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Proverbs 7:24
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 8:32
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

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(1.) This caution is introduced with a solemn preface: " Hear me now therefore, O you children! whoever you are that read or hear these lines, take notice of what I say, and mix faith with it, treasure it up, and depart not from the words of my mouth, as those will do that hearken to the words of the strange woman.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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