Proverbs 4:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.”
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BSBPD
“My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 4:20 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 34:12Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?
- Psalms 78:1Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
- Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
- Proverbs 5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
- Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
- Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
- Proverbs 22:18for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
- Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
- Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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