Proverbs 4:1

Modern English Version

Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father, and be attentive, that you may gain understanding,

Cross References

Genesis 49:2

Gather yourselves together and hear, sons of Jacob, and listen to your father Israel.

Psalm 34:11

Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 1:2

To know wisdom and instruction, to perceive the words of understanding,

Proverbs 1:8

My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother;

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to counsel and accept instruction, that you may be wise in your future.

Proverbs 22:17

Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my teaching,

Proverbs 5:1

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

Proverbs 7:4

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kin,

Jeremiah 35:8

Thus we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rekab, our father, in all that he has charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters,

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore we should be more attentive to what we have heard, lest we drift away.