Proverbs 4:20

New English Translation

My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.

Cross References

Psalm 34:12

Do you want to really live? Would you love to live a long, happy life?

Psalm 78:1

Pay attention, my people, to my instruction! Listen to the words I speak!

Psalm 90:12

So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.

Proverbs 2:2

by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,

Proverbs 22:18

For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.

Proverbs 5:1

My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,

Proverbs 7:1

My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping.

Isaiah 55:3

Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!”