Proverbs 4:20 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.

Common English Bible

²⁰ My son, pay attention to my words. Bend your ear to my speech.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ My son, pay attention to my sermons, and incline your ear to my eloquent words.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.

Proverbs 4:20 Cross References

Psalm 34:12

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

Psalm 78:1

Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

Psalm 90:12

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Proverbs 2:2

so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

Proverbs 22:18

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

Proverbs 5:1

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

Proverbs 7:1

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Isaiah 55:3

Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Matthew 17:5

While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.