Proverbs 5:1
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:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
- KJV
- My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
- WEB
- My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,
- ASV
- My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:
- DARBY
- My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;
- BLB
- My son, pay attention to my wisdom, [and] to my understanding incline your ear,
- ÅB
- Min sønn! Akt på min visdom, bøy ditt øre til min forstand,
- OTB
- Min sønn, gi akt på min visdom, og bøy ditt øre til min forstand,
- B1930
- Min sønn! Akt på min visdom, bøi ditt øre til min forstand,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 22:17
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Read in contextProverbs 4:20
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Read in contextRevelation 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.
Read in contextProverbs 2:1
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Read in contextRevelation 3:13
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Read in contextRevelation 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.
Read in contextMark 4:23
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
Read in contextJames 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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