Proverbs 4:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 1:8 : 8 My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
  • Ps 34:11 : 11 Come children, hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of the Lord.
  • 1 Thess 2:11-12 : 11 As ye knowe how that we exhorted you, and comforted, and besought euery one of you (as a father his children) 12 That ye would walke worthy of God, who hath called you vnto his kingdome and glorie.
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 Wherefore wee ought diligently to giue heede to the thinges which wee haue heard, lest at any time we runne out.
  • Prov 2:1-5 : 1 My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee, 2 And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding, 3 (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding: 4 If thou seekest her as siluer, & searchest for her as for treasures, 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.
  • Prov 5:1 : 1 My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, & incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.
  • Prov 6:20-23 : 20 My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction. 21 Binde them alway vpon thine heart, and tye them about thy necke. 22 It shall leade thee, when thou walkest: it shall watch for thee, when thou sleepest, and when thou wakest, it shall talke with thee. 23 For the commandement is a lanterne, and instruction a light: and corrections for instruction are the way of life,
  • Prov 7:4 : 4 Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,
  • Prov 8:32-36 : 32 Therefore nowe hearken, O children, vnto me: for blessed are they that keepe my wayes. 33 Heare instruction, and be ye wise, and refuse it not: 34 Blessed is the man that heareth mee, watching dayly at my gates, & giuing attendance at the postes of my doores. 35 For he that findeth me, findeth life, and shal obteine fauour of the Lord. 36 But he that sinneth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and all that hate me, loue death.
  • Prov 19:20 : 20 Heare counsell and receiue instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter ende.
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my 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%

    7The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.

    8My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

  • Prov 5:1
    84%

    1My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, & incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.

  • Prov 4:2-5
    4 verses
    83%

    2For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe.

    3For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother,

    4When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.

    5Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.

  • Prov 4:20
    81%

    20My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.

  • Prov 7:24
    81%

    24Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth.

  • Prov 5:7
    79%

    7Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,

    2And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,

  • Prov 4:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10Heare, my sonne, & receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.

    11I haue taught thee in ye way of wisedom, and led thee in the pathes of righteousnesse.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    78%

    32Therefore nowe hearken, O children, vnto me: for blessed are they that keepe my wayes.

    33Heare instruction, and be ye wise, and refuse it not:

  • Prov 13:1
    77%

    1A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will heare no rebuke.

  • Prov 3:1
    77%

    1My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.

  • Ps 34:11
    76%

    11Come children, hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of the Lord.

  • Prov 23:12
    76%

    12Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.

  • Eph 6:4
    76%

    4And ye, fathers, prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lord.

  • Prov 19:27
    76%

    27My sonne, heare no more the instruction, that causeth to erre from ye words of knowledge.

  • Prov 23:19
    75%

    19O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • Prov 1:2-5
    4 verses
    75%

    2To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,

    3To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,

    4To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.

    5A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

  • Gen 27:8
    75%

    8Nowe therefore, my sonne, heare my voyce in that which I command thee.

  • Prov 23:26
    75%

    26My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes.

  • Prov 6:20
    75%

    20My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

  • Prov 7:1
    75%

    1My sonne, keepe my wordes, & hide my commandements with thee.

  • Jer 3:4
    74%

    4Diddest thou not stil crie vnto me, Thou art my father, and the guide of my youth?

  • Job 34:16
    73%

    16And if thou hast vnderstanding, heare this and hearken to the voyce of my wordes.

  • Prov 23:22
    73%

    22Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.

  • Deut 4:10
    73%

    10Forget not the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said vnto me, Gather me the people together, and I wil cause them heare my wordes, that they may learne to feare me all the dayes that they shal liue vpon the earth, and that they may teache their children:

  • Prov 15:5
    73%

    5A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.

  • Isa 1:2
    73%

    2Heare, O heauens, and hearken, O earth: for the Lorde hath sayde, I haue nourished and brought vp children, but they haue rebelled against me.

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

    6Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.

  • Prov 8:5
    73%

    5O ye foolish men, vnderstand wisedome, and ye, O fooles, be wise in heart.

  • Prov 22:17
    73%

    17Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.

  • Job 34:2
    72%

    2Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.

    12For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.

  • Prov 23:24
    72%

    24The father of the righteous shal greatly reioyce, and hee that begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him.

  • Ps 78:1
    72%

    1A Psalme to giue instruction comitted to Asaph. Heare my doctrine, O my people: incline your eares vnto the wordes of my mouth.

  • Eph 6:1
    72%

    1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

  • Prov 4:7
    72%

    7Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.

  • Heb 12:5
    72%

    5And ye haue forgotten the consolation, which speaketh vnto you as vnto children, My sonne, despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuked of him.

  • Prov 29:17
    72%

    17Correct thy sonne & he will giue thee rest, and will giue pleasures to thy soule.