13 and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;
I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;
He therefore that [in this] disregards [his brother], disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.
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Commentary on Proverbs 5 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 5
The scope of this chapter is much the same with that of ch. 2. To write the same things, in other words, ought not to be grievous, for it is safe, Phil. 3:1. Here is,
And all little enough to arm young people against those fleshly lusts which war against the soul.
Pro 5:1-14
Here we have,
Pro 5:15-23
Solomon, having shown the great evil that there is in adultery and fornication, and all such lewd and filthy courses, here prescribes remedies against them.