1 My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,
Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,
My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,
Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have -- Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,
So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
He who is having an ear -- let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming -- I will give to him to eat of the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of God.
He who is having an ear -- let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming, I will give to him to eat from the hidden manna, and will give to him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, that no one knew except him who is receiving `it'.
He who is having an ear -- let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.
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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.