Be assembled and listen, sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel your father.
Proverbs 4:1 - Tree of Life Version Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention, to gain understanding. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition HEAR, MY sons, the instruction of a father, and pay attention in order to gain and to know intelligent discernment, comprehension, and interpretation [of spiritual matters]. American Standard Version (1901) Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: Common English Bible Hear, children, fatherly instruction; pay attention to gain understanding. Catholic Public Domain Version Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you may know prudence. |
Be assembled and listen, sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel your father.
Young lions may lack, and go hungry, but those who seek Adonai want for no good thing.
to acquire wisdom and discipline, to understand the words of insight,
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction and forsake not your mother’s teaching.
A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Listen to advice and accept instruction, so that in the end you may be wise.
Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your relative.
So we obeyed the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab our father in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters,
For this reason it is necessary for us to pay especially close attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.