Proverbs 5:7

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:1 : 1 Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
  • Prov 4:21 : 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.
  • Prov 7:24 : 24 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.
  • Prov 8:32-36 : 32 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not. 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah. 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.
  • Prov 22:17-21 : 17 Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips. 19 That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee. 20 Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge, 21 To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:
  • Prov 3:21 : 21 My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 7:24-25
    2 verses
    90%

    24Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.

    25Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    81%

    32Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.

    33Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.

  • Prov 5:8
    81%

    8Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

  • Prov 7:1
    79%

    1My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.

    21Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:

    2That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 1:8
    79%

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 4:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

    2For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law.

  • Prov 4:4-6
    3 verses
    78%

    4And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;

    5Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

    6Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

  • Prov 19:27
    78%

    27Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 1:15
    77%

    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

  • Prov 5:6
    77%

    6So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.

  • Prov 7:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding [thy] kinswoman:

    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 4:10
    76%

    10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.

  • Prov 3:21
    76%

    21My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

  • Prov 23:26
    76%

    26My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

  • Prov 6:20
    75%

    20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Gen 27:8
    75%

    8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

    2So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

  • Prov 3:1
    75%

    1My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:

  • Prov 23:19
    74%

    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.

  • Prov 22:6
    74%

    6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Job 34:16
    74%

    16If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.

  • Ps 34:11
    73%

    11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.

  • Prov 1:10
    73%

    10My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.

  • Prov 4:15
    73%

    15Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.

  • Prov 5:20
    73%

    20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

  • Prov 6:24
    72%

    24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

  • Job 13:17
    72%

    17Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears.

  • Isa 28:23
    72%

    23Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

  • Job 13:6
    72%

    6Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

  • Prov 4:24
    72%

    24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Prov 23:12
    72%

    12Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Ps 73:15
    71%

    15If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

  • Prov 2:16
    71%

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

  • Prov 22:17
    71%

    17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

  • Ps 45:10
    71%

    10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house:

  • Ps 78:1
    71%

    1[Maschil of Asaph]. Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 8:6
    71%

    6Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.

  • Prov 23:22
    71%

    22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.