Proverbs 7:24–25
¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
¶ Hearken vnto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Let not thine heart decline to her wayes, goe not astray in her paths.
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- Proverbs 5:7Rank 1 from verse 24
- Proverbs 4:1Rank 2 from verse 24
- 1 John 2:1Rank 3 from verse 24
1MY little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
1¶ My little children, these things write I vnto you, that ye sinne not. And if any man sinne, we haue an Aduocate with the Father, Iesus Christ the righteous:
- Galatians 4:19Rank 4 from verse 24
- Proverbs 8:32–33Rank 5 from verse 24
- 1 Corinthians 4:14–15Rank 6 from verse 24
14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloued sonnes I warne you.
15For though you haue ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet haue yee not many fathers: For in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel.
From verse 25
- Proverbs 5:8Rank 1 from verse 25
- Isaiah 53:6Rank 2 from verse 25
- Proverbs 6:25Rank 3 from verse 25
- Matthew 5:28Rank 4 from verse 25
- Proverbs 23:31–33Rank 5 from verse 25
31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
31Looke not thou vpon the wine when it is red, when it giueth his colour in the cup, when it moueth it selfe aright.
32‖At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall vtter peruerse things.
- Proverbs 4:14–15Rank 6 from verse 25
- Proverbs 5:23Rank 7 from verse 25
- Psalms 119:176Rank 8 from verse 25
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Proverbs 7:24
1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.
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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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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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1. To give heed, listen, or direct attention toward. 2. To wait upon, serve, or devote oneself to.
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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
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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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Proverbs 7:25
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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To turn, bend, or depart aside from a way, word, judgment, duty, or course; to refuse or fall away from following it.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893
Away from the right place, path, or course; wandering or in error.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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1. Figuratively, ways or courses of conduct, action, or direction. 2. Tracks, roads, routes, or ways of passage or travel.
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23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
23Til a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
24¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
24¶ Hearken vnto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Selected passage25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
25Let not thine heart decline to her wayes, goe not astray in her paths.
Selected passage26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
26For shee hath cast downe many wounded: yea many strong men haue bene slaine by her.