Proverbs 4:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • 1 Chr 22:5 : 5 And Dauid saide, Salomon my sonne is yong and tender, and we must builde an house for the Lorde, magnificall, excellent and of great fame and dignitie throughout all countreyes. I will therefore nowe prepare for him. So Dauid prepared very much before his death.
  • 1 Chr 29:1 : 1 Moreouer Dauid the King sayde vnto all the Congregation, God hath chosen Salomon mine onely sonne yong and tender, and the worke is great: for this house is not for man, but for the Lord God.
  • Jer 10:23 : 23 O Lord, I knowe, that the way of man is not in himselfe, neyther is it in man to walke and to direct his steps.
  • Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will powre vpon the house of Dauid, and vpon the inhabitants of Ierusalem the Spirite of grace and of compassion, and they shall looke vpon me, whom they haue pearced, and they shall lament for him, as one mourneth for his onely sonne, and be sorie for him as one is sorie for his first borne.
  • Rom 12:16 : 16 Be of like affection one towardes another: be not hie minded: but make your selues equall to them of the lower sort: be not wise in your selues.
  • 2 Sam 12:24-25 : 24 And Dauid comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in vnto her, and lay with her, & she bare a sonne, and he called his name Salomon: also the Lord loued him. 25 For the Lorde had sent by Nathan the Prophet: therefore he called his name Iedidiah, because the Lord loued him.
  • 1 Kgs 1:13-17 : 13 Go, and get thee in vnto King Dauid, and say vnto him, Didest not thou, my lorde, O King, sweare vnto thine handmaide, saying, Assuredly Salomo thy sonne shall reigne after me, & he shal sit vpon my throne? why is then Adoniiah King? 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the King, I also will come in after thee, and confirme thy wordes. 15 So Bath-sheba went in vnto the King into the chamber, and the King was verie olde, and Abishag the Shunammite ministred vnto ye King. 16 And Bath-sheba bowed and made obeisance vnto the King; the King saide, What is thy matter? 17 And shee answered him, My lorde, thou swarest by the Lorde thy God vnto thine handmaide, saying, Assuredly Salomon thy sonne shall reigne after me, and he shall sit vpon my throne.
  • 1 Chr 3:5 : 5 And these foure were borne vnto him in Ierusalem, Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Salomon of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 1:8
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    8 My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

  • Job 31:17-18
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    17 Or haue eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hath not eaten thereof,

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  • Prov 4:1-2
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    1 Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.

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  • Prov 6:20
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    20 My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

  • Prov 8:30-32
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    30 Then was I with him as a nourisher, and I was dayly his delight reioycing alway before him,

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  • Song 3:4
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    4 When I had past a litle from them, then I found him whom my soule loued: I tooke holde on him and left him not, till I had brought him vnto my mothers house into the chamber of her that conceiued me.

  • Jer 3:4
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    4 Diddest thou not stil crie vnto me, Thou art my father, and the guide of my youth?

  • Prov 23:25-26
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    25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.

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  • Prov 27:11
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    11 My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

  • Song 8:1-2
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    1 Oh that thou werest as my brother that sucked the brestes of my mother: I would finde thee without, I would kisse thee, then they should not despise thee.

    2 I will leade thee and bring thee into my mothers house: there thou shalt teache me: and I will cause thee to drinke spiced wine, and newe wine of the pomegranate.

  • Prov 31:2
    73%

    2 What my sonne! and what ye sonne of my wombe! and what, O sonne of my desires!

  • Prov 3:1
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    1 My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.

  • Prov 23:15
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    15 My sonne, if thine heart be wise, mine heart shall reioyce, and I also.

  • Gen 27:8
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    8 Nowe therefore, my sonne, heare my voyce in that which I command thee.

  • 1 Chr 17:13
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    13 I wil be his father, and he shalbe my sonne, aud I will not take my mercie away from him, as I tooke it from him that was before thee.

  • Prov 3:12
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    12 For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.

  • 2 Sam 7:14
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    14 I will be his father, and hee shall bee my sonne: and if he sinne, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of men.

  • Job 29:4-5
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    4 As I was in the dayes of my youth: when Gods prouidence was vpon my tabernacle:

    5 When the almightie was yet with me, and my children round about me.

  • Prov 4:10-11
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    10 Heare, my sonne, & receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.

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    10 Though my father and my mother shoulde forsake me, yet the Lorde will gather me vp.

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    6 Vpon thee haue I beene stayed from the wombe: thou art he that tooke me out of my mothers bowels: my praise shalbe alwaies of thee.

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    14 I behaued my selfe as to my friend, or as to my brother: I humbled my selfe, mourning as one that bewaileth his mother.

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    1 A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.

  • Ps 22:9-10
    2 verses
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    9 But thou didest draw me out of ye wombe: thou gauest me hope, euen at my mothers breasts.

    10 I was cast vpon thee, euen from ye wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly.

  • Job 3:10
    70%

    10 Because it shut not vp the dores of my mothers wombe: nor hid sorowe from mine eyes.

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    5 Beholde, I was borne in iniquitie, and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me.

  • Job 29:16
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    16 I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.

  • Prov 7:1
    70%

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

  • Prov 23:22
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    22 Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.

  • Hos 11:1
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    1 When Israel was a childe, then I loued him, and called my sonne out of Egypt.

  • Job 3:16
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    16 Or why was I not hid, as an vntimely birth, either as infants, which haue not seene the light?

  • Jer 3:19
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    19 But I sayde, Howe did I take thee for children and giue thee a pleasant lande, euen the glorious heritage of the armies of the heathen, and saide, Thou shalt call mee, saying, My father, and shalt not turne from me?

  • 2 Kgs 4:19
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    19 And he sayde to his father, Mine head, mine head. Who sayd to his seruant, Beare him to his mother.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25 A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

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

  • Prov 4:20
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    20 My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.

  • Prov 2:1
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    1 My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,

  • Jer 20:17
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    17 Because he hath not slaine me, euen from the wombe, or that my mother might haue bene my graue, or her wobe a perpetual conception.

  • Prov 5:1
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    1 My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, & incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.

  • Prov 15:20
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    20 A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.