Lexicon :: Strong's G5083 - tēreō

I will put hostility between you and the woman,

and between your offspring and her offspring.[fn]

He will strike your head,

and you will strike his heel.

“I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned away from following me and has not carried out my instructions.” So Samuel became angry and cried out to the LORD all night.

“Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the LORD’s house before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families in Jerusalem.”

Discretion will watch over you,

and understanding will guard you.

My son, don’t forget my teaching,

but let your heart keep my commands;

Maintain sound wisdom and discretion.

My son, don’t lose sight of them.

“Don’t abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you;

love her, and she will guard you.

Guard your heart above all else,[fn]

for it is the source of life.

She will keep you from a forbidden woman,

a wayward woman with her flattering talk.

“Anyone who listens to me is happy,

watching at my doors every day,

waiting by the posts of my doorway.

The one who guards his mouth protects his life;

the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

Anyone who ignores discipline despises himself,

but whoever listens to correction acquires good sense.[fn]

The highway of the upright avoids evil;

the one who guards his way protects his life.

The one who keeps commands preserves himself;

one who disregards[fn] his ways will die.

For then you will have a future,

and your hope will not be dashed.

My son, give me your heart,

and let your eyes observe my ways.

otherwise, the one who hears will disgrace you,

and you’ll never live it down.[fn]

What should I say, my son?

What, son of my womb?

What, son of my vows?

One who watches the wind will not sow,

and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap.

The guards who go about the city found me.

I asked them, “Have you seen the one I love? ”

The mandrakes give off a fragrance,

and at our doors is every delicacy,

both new and old.

I have treasured them up for you, my love.

Solomon owned a vineyard in Baal-hamon.

He leased the vineyard to tenants.

Each was to bring for his fruit

one thousand pieces of silver.

For I have heard the gossip of many people,

“Terror is on every side!

Report him; let’s report him! ”

Everyone I trusted[fn] watches for my fall.

“Perhaps he will be deceived

so that we might prevail against him

and take our vengeance on him.”