"Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth." — Proverbs 7:24

Proverbs 7:24 · KJV

“Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.”

— Proverbs 7:24

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it {is} for his life.

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Proverbs 7 — Context

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; {straightway: Heb. suddenly}

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it {is} for his life.

Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong {men} have been slain by her.

Cross References

Proverbs 5:7

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

Proverbs 4:1

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Galatians 4:19

My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

Proverbs 8:32-33

Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed {are they that} keep my ways.

1 John 2:1

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

1 Corinthians 4:14-15

I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn {you}.