King James Version
Proverbs 5:2 in the King James Version says “That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.”
Proverbs 5:2 · 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
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“That thou mayest regard”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“and that thy lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
“may keep”
H5341to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
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