Proverbs 4:3 - Revised Version 1885

³ For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ For I was my father's son, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ When I [Solomon] was a son with my father [David], tender and the only son in the sight of my mother [Bathsheba],

American Standard Version (1901)

³ For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Common English Bible

³ When I was a son to my father, tender and my mother’s favorite,

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ For I, too, was the son of my father, tender and an only son in the sight of my mother.

Proverbs 4:3 Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:5

And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

1 Chronicles 29:1

And David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God:

1 Chronicles 3:5

and these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:

Jeremiah 10:23

O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced: and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Romans 12:16

Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.