Proverbs 4:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ My child, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to 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.

Proverbs 4:20 Cross References

Proverbs 5:1

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

Isaiah 55:3

Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.

Proverbs 7:1

My child, keep my words and store up my commandments with you;

Psalm 78:1

Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

Psalm 90:12

So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!”

Proverbs 2:2

making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding,

Psalm 34:12

Which of you desires life and covets many days to enjoy good?

Proverbs 22:18

for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.