My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;
Proverbs 5:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding: Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My son, attend unto my wisdom, And bow thine ear to my understanding: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition MY SON, be attentive to my Wisdom [godly Wisdom learned by actual and costly experience], and incline your ear to my understanding [of what is becoming and prudent for you], American Standard Version (1901) My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding: Common English Bible My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Bend your ear to what I know, Catholic Public Domain Version My son, pay attention to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my prudence, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence. |
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.