Proverbs 5:2

2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

Proverbs 5:2 in Other Translations

2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

2 that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.

2 Then you will show discernment, and your lips will express what you’ve learned.

2 Then you'll acquire a taste for good sense; what I tell you will keep you out of trouble.

2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

2 so that you may act with foresight and speak with insight.

2 so that [you] may maintain discretion and your lips safeguard knowledge.

2 Then you will continue to have good sense. Your lips will keep on speaking words of knowledge.

Proverbs 5:2 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 5:2

That thou mayest regard discretion
Observe it; retain it in thine heart, as Aben Ezra adds, and use it; think, speak, and act discreetly, and so avoid the bad woman afterwards described: the Vulgate Latin version is, "that thou mayest keep the thoughts"; and so Gersom interprets the word; "good thoughts", according to the Septuagint version; the thoughts of the heart are to be observed. A man of spiritual wisdom will take notice of them; evil thoughts, which lead to uncleanness, are to be repressed and kept in; good ones to be cherished and improved; wise and sagacious ones (such the word here used signifies) are to be attended to, as being of great advantage in the various affairs and business of life; and spiritual and evangelical wisdom helps to such thoughts, and directs to the observance and exercise of them; and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge;
may be able to speak of things worthy to be known, and communicate the knowledge of them to others; by which means useful knowledge will be kept and preserved, and be continued in successive ages; see ( Malachi 2:7 ) ; even the knowledge of God and of Christ, and of the Gospel and its doctrines; and which will be a means of preserving men, as from false doctrine, error, and heresy, so from profaneness and immorality; and particularly from the adulterous woman, next described.

Proverbs 5:2 In-Context

1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight,

2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;

4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.