My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
Proverbs 5:1-23.-Prefatory exhortation to the study of wisdom. Warning again the love of strange women, whose words are smooth, but who at last bring ruin on their followers (Proverbs 5:1-14). Exhortation to the love of one's own wife alone, because the Lord ponders men's ways, and the wicked shall be holden with the cards of his own sins (Proverbs 5:15-23).
My son, attend unto my wisdom ... my understanding - i:e., unto the words of wisdom and understanding which I address to thee. He demands the youth's attention a to subject little thought of by the lovers of pleasure.