Proverbs 5:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:1 : 1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:
  • Prov 4:21 : 21 Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.
  • Prov 7:24 : 24 So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth;
  • Prov 8:32-36 : 32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways. 33 Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go. 34 Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house. 35 For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him. 36 But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.
  • Prov 22:17-21 : 17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge. 18 For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips. 19 So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you. 20 Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge, 21 To make you see how certain are true words, so that you may give a true answer to those who put questions to you?
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?
  • Prov 3:21 : 21 My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

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%

    24 So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth;

    25 Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    81%

    32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

    33 Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

  • Prov 5:8
    81%

    8 Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;

  • Prov 7:1
    79%

    1 My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

    21 Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

    2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 1:8
    79%

    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 4:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

    2 For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.

  • Prov 4:4-6
    3 verses
    78%

    4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

    5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

    6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

  • Prov 19:27
    78%

    27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 1:15
    77%

    15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Prov 5:6
    77%

    6 She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

  • Prov 7:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:

    5 So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

  • Prov 4:10
    76%

    10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

  • Prov 3:21
    76%

    21 My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

  • Prov 23:26
    76%

    26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

  • Prov 6:20
    75%

    20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

  • Gen 27:8
    75%

    8 Now, my son, do what I say.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

    2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

  • Prov 3:1
    75%

    1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

  • Prov 23:19
    74%

    19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Prov 22:6
    74%

    6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Job 34:16
    74%

    16 If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Ps 34:11
    73%

    11 Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.

  • Prov 1:10
    73%

    10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

  • Prov 4:15
    73%

    15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

  • Prov 5:20
    73%

    20 Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

  • Prov 6:24
    72%

    24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

  • Job 13:17
    72%

    17 Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.

  • Isa 28:23
    72%

    23 Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say.

  • Job 13:6
    72%

    6 Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

  • Prov 4:24
    72%

    24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

  • Prov 23:12
    72%

    12 Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Ps 73:15
    71%

    15 If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children.

  • Prov 2:16
    71%

    16 To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

  • Prov 22:17
    71%

    17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

  • Ps 45:10
    71%

    10 O daughter, give thought and attention, and let your ear be open; no longer keep in mind your people, and your father's house;

  • Ps 78:1
    71%

    1 <Maschil. Of Asaph.> Give ear, O my people, to my law; let your ears be bent down to the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 8:6
    71%

    6 Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

  • Prov 23:22
    71%

    22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.