Proverbs 4:1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
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
Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
Read in contextPsalms 34:11
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Read in contextProverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Read in contextProverbs 2:1–5
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:11–12
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
Read in contextProverbs 5:1
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
Read in contextProverbs 19:20
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Read in contextProverbs 22:17
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
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