Proverbs 5:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: King James VersionBest for: Original-language word studies

🎯 Translation Approach

Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

Word-for-word

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
KJV text basis: Employs the classic King James Version wording known for formal equivalence and literary style.
Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

✅ Strengths

Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

👥 Who is this for?

Ideal for

Students of biblical languages
Pastors and teachers
Serious Bible students
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Referenced Verses

Prov 4:1 : 1 Hear, ye children, 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 thine heart.
Prov 7:24 : 24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Prov 8:32-36 : 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: 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 favour of the LORD. 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Prov 22:17-21 : 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
Prov 3:21 : 21 My son, let not them 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
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24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Prov 8:32-33
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32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Prov 5:8
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8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Prov 7:1
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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 thine heart.
Prov 5:1-2
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79%
1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Prov 1:8
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8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Prov 4:1-2
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1Hear, ye children, 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
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4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Prov 19:27
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27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
Prov 1:15
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15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
Prov 5:6
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6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Prov 7:4-5
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76%
4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Prov 4:10
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10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
Prov 3:21
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21My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Prov 23:26
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26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Prov 6:20
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20My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Gen 27:8
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8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
Prov 2:1-2
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75%
1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Prov 3:1
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1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Prov 23:19
74%
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Prov 22:6
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6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Job 34:16
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16If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Ps 34:11
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11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Prov 1:10
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10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Prov 4:15
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15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Prov 5:20
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20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Prov 6:24
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24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Job 13:17
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17Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
Isa 28:23
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23Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
Job 13:6
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6Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Prov 4:24
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24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Prov 23:12
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12Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Ps 73:15
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15If I say{H8804)}, I will speak{H8762)} thus; behold, I should offend{H8804)} against the generation of thy children.
Prov 2:16
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16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Prov 22:17
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17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Ps 45:10
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10Hearken{H8798)}, O daughter, and consider{H8798)}, and incline{H8685)} thine ear; forget{H8798)} also thine own people, and thy father's house;
Ps 78:1
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1Maschil{H8688)} of Asaph. Give ear{H8685)}, O my people, to my law: incline{H8685)} your ears to the words of my mouth.
Prov 8:6
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6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Prov 23:22
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22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.