Proverbs 4:1 - English Standard Version 2016

¹ Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ HEAR, MY sons, the instruction of a father, and pay attention in order to gain and to know intelligent discernment, comprehension, and interpretation [of spiritual matters].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

Common English Bible

¹ Hear, children, fatherly instruction; pay attention to gain understanding.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence.

Proverbs 4:1 Cross References

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.

Psalm 34:11

Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 1:8

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching,

Proverbs 22:17

Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,

Proverbs 5:1

My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.

Proverbs 7:4

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend,

Proverbs 1:2

To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight,

Jeremiah 35:8

We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,

Genesis 49:2

“Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob, listen to Israel your father.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son hears his father’s instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.