King James Version
Proverbs 5:1 in the King James Version says “My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:”
Proverbs 5:1 · KJV
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: mouth: Heb. palate
KJV Study — Public Domain
“My son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“to my understanding”
H8394intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
“and bow”
H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
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