Proverbs 4:3 - Catholic Public Domain Version

For I, too, was the son of my father, tender and an only son in the sight of my mother.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For I was my father's son, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

When I [Solomon] was a son with my father [David], tender and the only son in the sight of my mother [Bathsheba],

American Standard Version (1901)

For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Common English Bible

When I was a son to my father, tender and my mother’s favorite,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For I also was my father's son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother:

English Standard Version 2016

When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,

Proverbs 4:3 Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:5

And David said: "My son Solomon is a young and tender boy. But the house that I desire to be built to the Lord ought to be so great that it is renowned in every region. Therefore, I will prepare what will be necessary for him." And for this reason, before his death, he prepared all the expenses.

1 Chronicles 29:1

And king David spoke to the entire assembly: "My son Solomon, the one God has chosen, is still a tender boy. And yet the work is great, for a habitation is being prepared, not for man, but for God.

1 Chronicles 3:5

Now in Jerusalem, sons were born to him: Shammua, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, these four from Bathsheba, the daughter of Ammiel;

Jeremiah 10:23

I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not his own. Neither is it given to man to walk and to direct his own steps.

Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of prayers. And they will look upon me, whom they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they will feel sorrow over him, as one would be sorrowful at the death of a firstborn.

Romans 12:16

Be of the same mind toward one another: not savoring what is exalted, but consenting in humility. Do not choose to seem wise to yourself.