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Proverbs 5

Prov. 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.
Prov. 2:1• 1My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee, (Prov. 2:1)
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Prov. 4:1,20• 1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
 20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. (Prov. 4:1,20)
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Matt. 3:9• 9And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. (Matt. 3:9)
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Mark 4:23• 23If any one have ears to hear, let him hear. (Mark 4:23)
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Rev. 2:7,11,17,29• 7He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him that overcomes, I will give to him to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.
 11He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He that overcomes shall in no wise be injured of the second death.
 17He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him that overcomes, to him will I give of the hidden manna; and I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he that receives it.
 29He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. (Rev. 2:7,11,17,29)
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Rev. 3:6,13,22• 6He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
 13He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
 22He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. (Rev. 3:6,13,22)
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Prov. 22:17• 17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge. (Prov. 22:17)
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James 1:19• 19So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; (James 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;