7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. …
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
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:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)Here we have, I. A solemn preface, to introduce the caution which follows, Prov. 5:1 , 2 . Solomon here addresses himself to his son, that is, to all young men, as unto his children, whom he has an affection for and some influence upon. In God’s name, he demands attention; for he writes by divine inspiration, and is a prophet, though he begins not with, Thus saith the Lord. “Attend, and bow thy ea…
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