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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 wilt receive my words, and hide 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 understanding.
 20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. (Prov. 4:1,20)
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Matt. 3:9• 9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. (Matt. 3:9)
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Mark 4:23• 23If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. (Mark 4:23)
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Rev. 2:7,11,17,29• 7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
 11He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
 17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
 29He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. (Rev. 2:7,11,17,29)
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Rev. 3:6,13,22• 6He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
 13He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
 22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. (Rev. 3:6,13,22)
bow.
Prov. 22:17• 17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. (Prov. 22:17)
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James 1:19• 19Wherefore, 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;