Proverbs 5:7 (BSB)
So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
From Proverbs 5. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Proverbs 5:7
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-14: Here we have, I. A solemn preface, to introduce the caution which follows, Pro 5:1, Pro 5:2. Solomon here addresses himself to his son, that is, to all young men, as unto his children, whom he has an affection for and some influence upon. In God's name, he demands attention; for he writes by divine inspiration, and is a prophet, though he begins not with, Thus saith the Lord.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 5:7: Hear me now therefore, O ye children,.... Since such is the character, this the wretched end, and these the ways of the adulterous woman; those that are young in years, and liable to be ensnared by her, should hear what Solomon, or Christ, here says, for their caution and instruction; and especially such who are, or profess themselves to be, the children of God and...
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 5:7-11: Pro 5:7-11 The eighth discourse springs out of the conclusion of the seventh, and connects itself by its reflective מעליה so closely with it that it appears as its continuation; but the new beginning and its contents included in it, referring only to social life, secures its relative independence. The poet derives the warning against intercourse with the adulteress from the preceding discourse, and grounds it on the destructive consequences.