Proverbs 5:2

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My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:	That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.	For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

That thou mayest regard^H8104 discretion^H4209, and that thy lips^H8193 may keep^H5341 knowledge^H1847.

Original Hebrew

לִשְׁמֹר מְזִמֹּות וְדַעַת שְׂפָתֶיךָ יִנְצֹרוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
לִ/שְׁמֹ֥ר	li/sh.Mor	H8104	HR/Vqc	to/ preserve
מְזִמּ֑וֹת	me.zi.Mot	H4209	HNcfpa	discretion
וְ֝/דַ֗עַת	ve./Da.'at	H1847	HC/Ncfsa	and/ knowledge
שְׂפָתֶ֥י/ךָ	se.fa.Tei./kha	H8193	HNcfdc/Sp2ms	lips/ your
יִנְצֹֽרוּ	yin.Tzo.ru	H5341	HVqi3mp	they will observe

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1847 — דַּעַת (daʻath, dah'-ath): from יָדַע; knowledge; cunning, (ig-) norantly, know(-ledge), (un-) awares (wittingly).
H4209 — מְזִמָּה (mᵉzimmâh, mez-im-maw'): from זָמַם; a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity); (wicked) device, discretion, intent, witty invention, lewdness, mischievous (device), thought, wickedly.
H5341 — נָצַר (nâtsar, naw-tsar'): a primitive root; to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.); besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
H8104 — שָׁמַר (shâmar, shaw-mar'): a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
H8193 — שָׂפָה (sâphâh, saw-faw'): or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

thy lips — Psalms 45:2, Psalms 71:15, Psalms 119:13, Proverbs 10:21, Proverbs 15:2, Proverbs 15:7, Proverbs 16:23, Proverbs 20:15, Malachi 2:6-7

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