Proverbs 4:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 1:8 : 8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:
  • Ps 34:11 : 11 Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.
  • 1 Thess 2:11-12 : 11 Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness, 12 So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.
  • Prov 2:1-5 : 1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind; 2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge; 3 Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; 4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth; 5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
  • Prov 5:1 : 1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:
  • Prov 6:20-23 : 20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother: 21 Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck. 22 In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you. 23 For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.
  • Prov 7:4 : 4 Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:
  • Prov 8:32-36 : 32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways. 33 Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go. 34 Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house. 35 For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him. 36 But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.
  • Prov 19:20 : 20 Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 1:7-8
    2 verses
    84%

    7 The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 5:1
    84%

    1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

  • Prov 4:2-5
    4 verses
    83%

    2 For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.

    3 For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.

    4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:

    5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 4:20
    81%

    20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

  • Prov 7:24
    81%

    24 So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth;

  • Prov 5:7
    79%

    7 Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

    2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

  • Prov 4:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

    11 I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    78%

    32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

    33 Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

  • Prov 13:1
    77%

    1 A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

  • Prov 3:1
    77%

    1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:

  • Ps 34:11
    76%

    11 Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.

  • Prov 23:12
    76%

    12 Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Eph 6:4
    76%

    4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

  • Prov 19:27
    76%

    27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 23:19
    75%

    19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Prov 1:2-5
    4 verses
    75%

    2 To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

    3 To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:

    4 To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:

    5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

  • Gen 27:8
    75%

    8 Now, my son, do what I say.

  • Prov 23:26
    75%

    26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

  • Prov 6:20
    75%

    20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 7:1
    75%

    1 My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.

  • Jer 3:4
    74%

    4 Will you not, from this time, make your prayer to me, crying, My father, you are the friend of my early years?

  • Job 34:16
    73%

    16 If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 23:22
    73%

    22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

  • Deut 4:10
    73%

    10 That day when you were waiting before the Lord your God in Horeb, and the Lord said to me, Make all the people come together, so that hearing my words they may go in fear of me all the days of their life on earth and give this teaching to their children.

  • Prov 15:5
    73%

    5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Isa 1:2
    73%

    2 Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

    6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Prov 8:5
    73%

    5 Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

  • Prov 22:17
    73%

    17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

  • Job 34:2
    72%

    2 Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me;

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

    12 For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

  • Prov 23:24
    72%

    24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

  • Ps 78:1
    72%

    1 <Maschil. Of Asaph.> Give ear, O my people, to my law; let your ears be bent down to the words of my mouth.

  • Eph 6:1
    72%

    1 Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

  • Prov 4:7
    72%

    7 The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

  • Heb 12:5
    72%

    5 And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;

  • Prov 29:17
    72%

    17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.