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Proverbs 5

Pr. 5:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, attend
qashab (Hebrew #7181)
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
KJV usage: attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
Pronounce: kaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
unto my wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
, and bow
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
thine ear
'ozen (Hebrew #241)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
KJV usage: + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
Pronounce: o'-zen
Origin: from 238
to my understanding
tabuwn (Hebrew #8394)
or towbunah {to-boo-naw'}; from 995; intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
KJV usage: discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: taw-boon'
Origin: and (feminine) tbuwnah {teb-oo-naw'}
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-2:  Solomon exhorts to wisdom.
3-14:  He shews the mischief of whoredom and riot.
15-21:  He exhorts to contentedness, liberality, and chastity.
22-23:  The wicked are overtaken with their own sins.
attend.
Pr. 2:1• 1Hijo mío, si tomares mis palabras, Y mis mandamientos guardares dentro de ti, (Pr. 2:1)
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Pr. 4:1,20• 1Oid, hijos, la doctrina de un padre, Y estad atentos para que conozcáis cordura.
 20Hijo mío, está atento á mis palabras; Inclina tu oído á mis razones. (Pr. 4:1,20)
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Mt. 3:9• 9Y no penséis decir dentro de vosotros: á Abraham tenemos por padre: porque yo os digo, que puede Dios despertar hijos á Abraham aun de estas piedras. (Mt. 3:9)
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Mr. 4:23• 23Si alguno tiene oídos para oir, oiga. (Mr. 4:23)
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Ap. 2:7,11,17,29• 7El que tiene oído, oiga lo que el Espíritu dice á las iglesias. Al que venciere, daré á comer del árbol de la vida, el cual está en medio del paraíso de Dios.
 11El que tiene oído, oiga lo que el Espíritu dice á las iglesias. El que venciere, no recibirá daño de la muerte segunda.
 17El que tiene oído, oiga lo que el Espíritu dice á las iglesias. Al que venciere, daré á comer del maná escondido, y le daré una piedrecita blanca, y en la piedrecita un nombre nuevo escrito, el cual ninguno conoce sino aquel que lo recibe.
 29El que tiene oído, oiga lo que el Espíritu dice á las iglesias. (Ap. 2:7,11,17,29)
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Ap. 3:6,13,22• 6El que tiene oído, oiga lo que el Espíritu dice á las iglesias.
 13El que tiene oído, oiga lo que el Espíritu dice á las iglesias.
 22El que tiene oído, oiga lo que el Espíritu dice á las iglesias. (Ap. 3:6,13,22)
bow.
Pr. 22:17• 17Inclina tu oído, y oye las palabras de los sabios, Y pon tu corazón á mi sabiduría: (Pr. 22:17)
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Stg. 1:19• 19Por esto, mis amados hermanos, todo hombre sea pronto para oir, tardío para hablar, tardío para airarse: (Stg. 1:19)
• Ninth Discourse 5:1 — How Not to Find a Wife (“Proverbs” by N. Simon)
• Throughout the book, the need of more than casual attention to the words of wisdom is enforced. To hear with no thought of heeding, is not what is contemplated; but the bowing of the ear to understanding. (“Proverbs Five” by H.A. Ironside)
• She plies her awful avocation today as of old, and thousands are her victims. Like the harlot-church of the closing book in our Bibles, she seduces and deceives, turning the heart away from the simplicity of the paths of truth, and leading to death and sheol. (“Proverbs Five” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;