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Proverbs 5:7
Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.
Proverbs 5:7 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 5:7 in other translations
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.
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In context
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;
5 Her feet go down to death, and her steps to the underworld;
6 She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.
7 Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.
8 Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;
9 For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:
10 And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;
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