Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Proverbs 4:1

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

2 For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.

3 When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
KJV
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
WEB
Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
ASV
Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
DARBY
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
BLB
Hear, [my] sons, the discipline of a father, and pay attention to know understanding.
ÅB
Hør, mine barn, på en fars tilrettevisning og gi akt, så dere kan lære klokskap!
OTB
Hør, mine sønner, en fars instruksjon; gi akt for å oppnå forståelse.
B1930
Hør, mine barn, på en fars tilrettevisning og gi akt, så I kan lære klokskap!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references