Proverbs 4:1 - Tree of Life Version

¹ Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention, to gain understanding.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ 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)

¹ Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

Common English Bible

¹ Hear, children, fatherly instruction; pay attention to gain understanding.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence.

Proverbs 4:1 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 49:2

Be assembled and listen, sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel your father.

Psalm 34:11

Young lions may lack, and go hungry, but those who seek Adonai want for no good thing.

Proverbs 1:2

to acquire wisdom and discipline, to understand the words of insight,

Proverbs 1:8

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction and forsake not your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 13:1

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

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to advice and accept instruction, so that in the end you may be wise.

Proverbs 22:17

Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.

Proverbs 5:1

My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Incline your ear to my insight,

Proverbs 7:4

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

Jeremiah 35:8

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,

Hebrews 2:1

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.