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Proverbs 5:7

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Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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  1. Proverbs 4:1Rank 1 from verse 7
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    1HEAR, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

  2. Proverbs 22:17–21Rank 2 from verse 7
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    17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

    18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

    19That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

    20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

    21That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

  3. Proverbs 7:24Rank 3 from verse 7
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    24¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

  4. Hebrews 12:25Rank 4 from verse 7
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    25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

  5. Proverbs 3:21Rank 5 from verse 7
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    21¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

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Proverbs 5:7

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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depart

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1. To leave, go away, or move from a place or person. 2. To cease to remain, be removed, disappear, or pass away. 3. To turn or separate from a way, practice, allegiance, or relationship. 4. To leave earthly life or this world.

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words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

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mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

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6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

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8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

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