Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.
Proverbs 4:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: More versionsKing 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. |
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: But a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman:
And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.