the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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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 child, listen carefully to everything I say.
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.
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
And efte sche childide his brother Abel. Forsothe Abel was a kepere of scheep, and Cayn was an erthe tilyere.
and Abel offride of the first gendrid of his floc, and of the fatnesse of tho. And the Lord bihelde to Abel and to the yiftis of hym;
sotheli he bihelde not to Cayn and to hise yiftis. And Cayn was wrooth greetli, and his cheer felde doun.
And the Lord seide to Cayn, Where is Abel thi brother? Which answerde, Y woot not; whether Y am the kepere of my brothir?
And God seide to Cayn, What hast thou do? the vois of the blood of thi brother crieth to me fro erthe.
Now therfor thou schalt be cursid on erthe, that openyde his mouth, and resseyuede of thin hond the blood of thi brothir.
Whanne thou schalt worche the erthe, it schal not yyue his fruytis to thee; thou schalt be vnstable of dwellyng and fleynge aboute on erthe in alle the daies of thi lijf.
and the name of his brother was Tubal, he was the fadir of syngeris in harpe and orgun.
And whanne thei weren woxun, Esau was maad a man kunnynge of huntyng, and a man erthe tilier; forsothe Jacob was a symple man, and dwellide in tabernaclis.
Ye ben of the fadir, the deuel, and ye wolen do the desyris of youre fadir. He was a mansleere fro the bigynnyng, and he stood not in treuthe; for treuthe is not in hym. Whanne he spekith lesyng, he spekith of his owne; for he is a liere, and fadir of it.
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, âThe beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.â 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 (âwhen thou runnestâ) 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, âThey eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine.â 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 manâs life. Compare the marginal reference.
Proverbs 4:19
Compare our Lordâs teaching John 11:10; John 12:35.
Proverbs 4:20
The teacher speaks again in his own person.
