Proverbs 5:7

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Now, my children, listen to me, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:1 : 1 Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father; pay attention so you may gain understanding.
  • Prov 4:21 : 21 Do not let them depart from your sight; keep them in the midst of your heart.
  • Prov 7:24 : 24 Now then, my sons, listen to me and pay attention to the words of my mouth.
  • Prov 8:32-36 : 32 Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways. 33 Listen to instruction and be wise; do not neglect it. 34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the doorposts of my entrances. 35 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD. 36 But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all who hate me love death.
  • Prov 22:17-21 : 17 Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my knowledge. 18 For it is pleasant when you keep them within you; they will be ready on your lips all together. 19 So that your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today—even you. 20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge? 21 To make you know the certainty of true words, so that you can give truthful answers to those who send you?
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
  • Prov 3:21 : 21 My son, do not let them depart from your sight; guard 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%

    24 Now then, my sons, listen to me and pay attention to the words of my mouth.

    25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    81%

    32 Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

    33 Listen to instruction and be wise; do not neglect it.

  • Prov 5:8
    81%

    8 Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house.

  • Prov 7:1
    79%

    1 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments with you.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20 My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

    21 Do not let them depart from your sight; keep them in the midst of your heart.

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen carefully to my understanding.

    2 So you may preserve discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.

  • Prov 1:8
    79%

    8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching,

  • Prov 4:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father; pay attention so you may gain understanding.

    2 For I give you good teaching; do not abandon my instruction.

  • Prov 4:4-6
    3 verses
    78%

    4 he taught me and said to me, 'Let your heart hold onto my words; keep my commands, and you will live.'

    5 Acquire wisdom; acquire understanding. Do not forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

    6 Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; love her, and she will protect you.

  • Prov 19:27
    78%

    27 Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 1:15
    77%

    15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,

  • Prov 5:6
    77%

    6 She does not consider the path of life; her ways wander, but she does not know it.

  • Prov 7:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 Say to wisdom, 'You are my sister,' and call understanding your close relative.

    5 To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 4:10
    76%

    10 Listen, my son, and accept my words, and the years of your life will be many.

  • Prov 3:21
    76%

    21 My son, do not let them depart from your sight; guard sound wisdom and discretion.

  • Prov 23:26
    76%

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

  • Prov 6:20
    75%

    20 My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

  • Gen 27:8
    75%

    8 Now, my son, listen to my voice and do what I command you.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 My son, if you accept my words and treasure my commands with you,

    2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding,

  • Prov 3:1
    75%

    1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments.

  • Prov 23:19
    74%

    19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right path.

  • Prov 22:6
    74%

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

  • Job 34:16
    74%

    16 If you have understanding, listen to this; pay attention to the sound of my words.

  • Ps 34:11
    73%

    11 Young lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

  • Prov 1:10
    73%

    10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

  • Prov 4:15
    73%

    15 Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn away from it and go on your way.

  • Prov 5:20
    73%

    20 Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Prov 6:24
    72%

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

  • Job 13:17
    72%

    17 Listen carefully to my words and let my declaration enter your ears.

  • Isa 28:23
    72%

    23 Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear my words.

  • Job 13:6
    72%

    6 Listen now to my argument and pay attention to the contentions of my lips.

  • Prov 4:24
    72%

    24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and keep corrupt speech far from you.

  • Prov 23:12
    72%

    12 Apply your heart to discipline, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Ps 73:15
    71%

    15 If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed Your children.

  • Prov 2:16
    71%

    16 It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering words,

  • Prov 22:17
    71%

    17 Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my knowledge.

  • Ps 45:10
    71%

    10 Daughters of kings are among your noble women; at your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

  • Ps 78:1
    71%

    1 A teaching of Asaph. Listen, my people, to my instruction; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 8:6
    71%

    6 Listen, for I speak noble things, and what comes from my lips is right.

  • Prov 23:22
    71%

    22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.