Proverbs 5:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:1 : 1 Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
  • Prov 4:21 : 21 Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.
  • Prov 7:24 : 24 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
  • Prov 8:32-36 : 32 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not. 34 O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance. 35 For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah. 36 And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!
  • Prov 22:17-21 : 17 Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge, 18 For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips. 19 That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou. 20 Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge? 21 To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking -- much less we who do turn away from him who `speaketh' from heaven,
  • Prov 3:21 : 21 My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

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%

    24And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.

    25Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    81%

    32And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

    33Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

  • Prov 5:8
    81%

    8Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

  • Prov 7:1
    79%

    1My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,

    21Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

    2To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

  • Prov 1:8
    79%

    8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

  • Prov 4:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

    2For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.

  • Prov 4:4-6
    3 verses
    78%

    4And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

    5Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

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

  • Prov 19:27
    78%

    27Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.

  • Prov 1:15
    77%

    15My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

  • Prov 5:6
    77%

    6The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.

  • Prov 7:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4Say to wisdom, `My sister Thou `art'.' And cry to understanding, `Kinswoman!'

    5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

  • Prov 4:10
    76%

    10Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life `are' multiplied to thee.

  • Prov 3:21
    76%

    21My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

  • Prov 23:26
    76%

    26Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

  • Prov 6:20
    75%

    20Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

  • Gen 27:8
    75%

    8`And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee:

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,

    2To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

  • Prov 3:1
    75%

    1My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

  • Prov 23:19
    74%

    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,

  • Prov 22:6
    74%

    6Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

  • Job 34:16
    74%

    16And if `there is' understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Ps 34:11
    73%

    11Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you.

  • Prov 1:10
    73%

    10My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.

  • Prov 4:15
    73%

    15Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.

  • Prov 5:20
    73%

    20And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

  • Prov 6:24
    72%

    24To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

  • Job 13:17
    72%

    17Hear ye diligently my word, And my declaration with your ears.

  • Isa 28:23
    72%

    23Give ear, and hear my voice, Attend, and hear my saying:

  • Job 13:6
    72%

    6Hear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,

  • Prov 4:24
    72%

    24Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

  • Prov 23:12
    72%

    12Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.

  • Ps 73:15
    71%

    15If I have said, `I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.

  • Prov 2:16
    71%

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

  • Prov 22:17
    71%

    17Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

  • Ps 45:10
    71%

    10Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,

  • Ps 78:1
    71%

    1An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.

  • Prov 8:6
    71%

    6Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips `is' uprightness.

  • Prov 23:22
    71%

    22Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.