The Meaning of Proverbs 7:24 Explained

Proverbs 7:24

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

YLT: And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.

Darby: And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

ASV: Now therefore, my'sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 7:24 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 7

1  Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom
6  In an example of his own experience he shows
10  the cunning of a harlot
22  and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton
24  He detests such wickedness

What do the individual words in Proverbs 7:24 mean?

Therefore now [my] children listen to me and Pay attention to the words of my mouth
וְעַתָּ֣ה בָ֭נִים שִׁמְעוּ־ לִ֑י וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּ לְאִמְרֵי־ פִֽי

וְעַתָּ֣ה  Therefore  now 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: עַתָּה  
Sense: now.
בָ֭נִים  [my]  children 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שִׁמְעוּ־  listen 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
לִ֑י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּ  and  Pay  attention 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: קָשַׁב  
Sense: to hear, be attentive, heed, incline (of ears), attend (of ears), hearken, pay attention, listen.
לְאִמְרֵי־  to  the  words 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֵמֶר 
Sense: utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command.
פִֽי  of  my  mouth 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.