John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 7:24
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children ,.... The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, read, in the singular number, "my son", in the same manner as the chapter begins; but it is in the plural number in the Hebrew text; and so read the Targum and Syriac version, "children", the children of Solomon; not only those of his own body, but all such that put themselves under his instruction, or were willing to take his advice: it may be extended to all the children of men, for all... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:24-27
We have here the application of the foregoing story: ?Hearken to me therefore, and not to such seducers (Pr. 7:24); give ear to a father, and not to an enemy.? 1. ?Take good counsel when it is given you. Let not thy heart decline to her ways (Pr. 7:25); never leave the paths of virtue, though strait and narrow, solitary and up-hill, for the way of the adulteress, though green, and broad, and crowded with company. Do not only keep thy feet from those ways, but let not so much as thy heart... read more