Proverbs 4:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight; Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: Common English Bible Hear, children, fatherly instruction; pay attention to gain understanding. Catholic Public Domain Version Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you may know prudence. |
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and reject not your mother's teaching;
A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom for the future.
Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge;
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,
Therefore we must pay the closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.