"My son, attend unto my wisdom, {and} bow thine ear to my understanding:" — Proverbs 5:1

Proverbs 5:1 · KJV

“My son, attend unto my wisdom, {and} bow thine ear to my understanding:”

— Proverbs 5:1

Verse 2

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

Proverbs 5 — Context

My son, attend unto my wisdom, {and} bow thine ear to my understanding:

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

For the lips of a strange woman drop {as} an honeycomb, and her mouth {is} smoother than oil: {mouth: Heb. palate}

Cross References

Proverbs 22:17

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

Proverbs 4:20

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

Proverbs 2:1

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

Revelation 2:11

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

Revelation 3:13

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Mark 4:23

If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Revelation 2:17

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth {it}.

James 1:19

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: