Proverbs 5:2
“That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keepe knowledge.”
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Proverbs 5:2 Context
1My sonne, attend vnto my wisedome, and bowe thine eare to my vnderstanding. 2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keepe knowledge. 3¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an hony combe, and her mouth is smoother then oyle. 4But her end is bitter as wormewood, sharpe as a two edged sword.
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That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.
- King James Version
That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.
- Basic English Bible
that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge.
- Darby Bible
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
- Webster's Bible
that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
- World English Bible
To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.
- Youngs Literal Bible
That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible