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Proverbs 7:24–25

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¶ Hearken unto 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.
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From verse 24

  1. Proverbs 5:7Rank 1 from verse 24
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    7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

  2. Proverbs 4:1Rank 2 from verse 24
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    1HEAR, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

  3. 1 John 2:1Rank 3 from verse 24
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    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:

  4. Galatians 4:19Rank 4 from verse 24
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    19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

  5. Proverbs 8:32–33Rank 5 from verse 24
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    32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

    33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

From verse 25

  1. Proverbs 5:8Rank 1 from verse 25
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    8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

  2. Isaiah 53:6Rank 2 from verse 25
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    6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

  3. Proverbs 6:25Rank 3 from verse 25
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    25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

  4. Matthew 5:28Rank 4 from verse 25
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    28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

  5. Proverbs 23:31–33Rank 5 from verse 25
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    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.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 7:24

COMBINED MEANING

hearken

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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.

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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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attend

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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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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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Proverbs 7:25

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

decline

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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

COMBINED MEANING

in

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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paths

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1. Figuratively, ways or courses of conduct, action, or direction. 2. Tracks, roads, routes, or ways of passage or travel.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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7:23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

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

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7:25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

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7:26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

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