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# General Information:
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Chapter 5 continues a collection of proverbs that ends in chapter nine. The writer speaks as a father teaching his children. Occasionally, the author addresses a proverb to "my son." This is not intended to restrict the words of that proverb to only males. Instead, it is simply a form used to pass on advice as a father does to his son
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# incline your ears
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"listen attentively". The writer speaks of listening attentively to someone as if it were leaning forward so that the ears are closer to the one speaking. See Proverbs 4:20. |