Proverbs 4:1 - English Standard Version 2016 Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, Matoleo zaidiKing 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. |
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching,
A wise son hears his father’s instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.
Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,
We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,
Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.