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Proverbs 4:20
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My son, pay attention to my words;listen closely to my sayings.
My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
My child, pay attention to my words; listen closely to what I say.
My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.
My son, pay attention to my words and be willing to learn; Open your ears to my sayings.
My son, pay attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.
My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.
My son, pay attention to my words;Incline your ear to my sayings.
My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
My son, pay attention to what I am saying; incline your ear to my words.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
My son, pay attention to what I say. Listen closely to my words.
My son, attend to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen to my words.
My child, be attentive to my words; to my sayings incline your ear.
My son, pay attention to my words; stretch your ear to what I say;
My sonne, marcke my wordes, and enclyne thine eare vnto my saynges.
My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.
My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
My sonne, attend to my words, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.
My sonne marke my wordes, and encline thyne eare vnto my sayinges:
My son, attend to my speech; and apply thine ear to my words:
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Mi sone, herkene thou my wordis; and bowe doun thin eeris to my spechis.
My son, attend to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.
My son, attend to my words; incline thy ear to my sayings.
My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.
My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words.
My son, listen to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
My child, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
My son, to my words, attend, to my sayings, incline thou thine ear;
My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.
My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,
Dear friend, listen well to my words; tune your ears to my voice. Keep my message in plain view at all times. Concentrate! Learn it by heart! Those who discover these words live, really live; body and soul, they're bursting with health.
My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 5:1, Proverbs 6:20, Proverbs 6:21, Proverbs 7:1, Psalms 78:1, Psalms 90:12, Isaiah 55:3, Matthew 17:5
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:9 - keep thy soul Proverbs 2:1 - hide Proverbs 8:6 - for Proverbs 13:1 - wise Hebrews 2:1 - the more
Cross-References
Later she had another son and named him Abel. Abel became a sheep farmer, but Cain farmed the land.
and Abel also gave an offering to the Lord . He killed the first-born lamb from one of his sheep and gave the Lord the best parts of it. The Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
but not with Cain and his offering. This made Cain so angry that he could not hide his feelings.
Afterwards the Lord asked Cain, "Where is Abel?" "How should I know?" he answered. "Am I supposed to look after my brother?"
Then the Lord said: Why have you done this terrible thing? You killed your own brother, and his blood flowed onto the ground. Now his blood is calling out for me to punish you.
And so, I'll put you under a curse. Because you killed Abel and made his blood run out on the ground, you will never be able to farm the land again.
If you try to farm the land, it won't produce anything for you. From now on, you'll be without a home, and you'll spend the rest of your life wandering from place to place.
As Jacob and Esau grew older, Esau liked the outdoors and became a good hunter, while Jacob settled down and became a shepherd.
Your father is the devil, and you do exactly what he wants. He has always been a murderer and a liar. There is nothing truthful about him. He speaks on his own, and everything he says is a lie. Not only is he a liar himself, but he is also the father of all lies.
Because Abraham had faith, he lived as a stranger in the promised land. He lived there in a tent, and so did Isaac and Jacob, who were later given the same promise.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My son, attend to my words,.... Which go before and which follow after, his doctrines, instructions, cautions, and exhortations;
incline thine ear unto my sayings; stoop and bow the ear; listen attentively to what is said, as being of the greatest moment and importance.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 15:1-5; Psalms 24:1-10; Psalms 37:0.
Proverbs 4:7
Or, “The beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.” To seek is to find, to desire is to obtain.
Proverbs 4:12
The ever-recurring parable of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom the path is clear and open, obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity (“when thou runnest”) there is no risk of falling.
Proverbs 4:13
She is thy life - Another parallel between personified Wisdom in this book and the Incarnate Wisdom in John 1:4.
Proverbs 4:16
A fearful stage of debasement. Sin is the condition without which there can be no repose.
Proverbs 4:17
i. e., Bread and wine gained by unjust deeds. Compare Amos 2:8. A less probable interpretation is, “They eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine.” Compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7.
Proverbs 4:18
Shining ... shineth - The two Hebrew words are different; the first having the sense of bright or clear. The beauty of a cloudless sunshine growing on, shining as it goes, to the full and perfect day, is chosen as the fittest figure of the ever increasing brightness of the good man’s life. Compare the marginal reference.
Proverbs 4:19
Compare our Lord’s teaching John 11:10; John 12:35.
Proverbs 4:20
The teacher speaks again in his own person.
