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Proverbs 5:7

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 5:7 · King James Version

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Proverbs 5:7 in other translations

BSB Berean Standard Bible

So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.

WEB World English Bible

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

NHEB New Heart English Bible

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Do not depart from the words of my mouth.

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In context

4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

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