Proverbs 4:1

New International Version

Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

Cross References

Genesis 49:2

“Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

Psalm 34:11

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

Proverbs 1:2

for gaining wisdom and instruction; for understanding words of insight;

Proverbs 1:8

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.

Proverbs 22:17

Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,

Proverbs 5:1

My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight,

Proverbs 7:4

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and to insight, “You are my relative.”

Jeremiah 35:8

We have obeyed everything our forefather Jehonadab son of Rekab commanded us. Neither we nor our wives nor our sons and daughters have ever drunk wine

Hebrews 2:1

We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.