Proverbs 4:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁰ My son, 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.

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 there who desires life, and covets many days, that he may enjoy good?

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 number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Proverbs 2:2

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

Proverbs 22:18

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

Proverbs 5:1

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

Proverbs 7:1

My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;

Isaiah 55:3

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

Matthew 17:5

He was still speaking, when lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”