Bible Strands
Proverbs 7:24
Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A father speaks to his sons at the moment between describing a victim's unawareness of a fatal snare and issuing a final command to avoid the adulteress's path. The text places this address immediately after the warning that the victim will not know he will lose his life and just before the command not to let his heart turn to her ways.
The words — וְ/עַתָּ֣ה (ve./'a.Tah) translates to "and/therefore," and שִׁמְעוּ (shim.'u) translates to "listen." These terms structurally mark the verse as a direct summons to hear the father's instruction before proceeding.
The thread — The text repeats this paternal appeal in Proverbs 5:7, Proverbs 4:1, and Proverbs 8:32. Each instance pairs the command to listen with a warning to keep the spoken words and avoid straying into folly.
Why it lands — The text commands immediate auditory and mental attention to the father's instruction. It requires the reader to treat the warning as a binding directive that must be processed before any further action or decision.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 5:7 So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
- Proverbs 4:1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
- Proverbs 8:32 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
- Galatians 4:19 My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
- 1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
- 1 Corinthians 4:14 I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.