Proverbs 4:1

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 1:8 : 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
  • Ps 34:11 : 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
  • 1 Thess 2:11-12 : 11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
  • Heb 2:1 : 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.
  • Prov 2:1-5 : 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
  • Prov 5:1 : 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
  • Prov 6:20-23 : 20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
  • Prov 7:4 : 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
  • Prov 8:32-36 : 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
  • Prov 19:20 : 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto 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%

    7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

    8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 5:1
    84%

    1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

  • Prov 4:2-5
    4 verses
    83%

    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.

    4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

    5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 4:20
    81%

    20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

  • Prov 7:24
    81%

    24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 5:7
    79%

    7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

    2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

  • Prov 4:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

    11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    78%

    32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

    33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

  • Prov 13:1
    77%

    1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

  • Prov 3:1
    77%

    1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

  • Ps 34:11
    76%

    11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

  • Prov 23:12
    76%

    12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Eph 6:4
    76%

    4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  • Prov 19:27
    76%

    27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 23:19
    75%

    19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • Prov 1:2-5
    4 verses
    75%

    2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

    3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

    4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

    5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

  • Gen 27:8
    75%

    8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

  • Prov 23:26
    75%

    26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

  • Prov 6:20
    75%

    20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 7:1
    75%

    1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

  • Jer 3:4
    74%

    4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

  • Job 34:16
    73%

    16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 23:22
    73%

    22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

  • Deut 4:10
    73%

    10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

  • Prov 15:5
    73%

    5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Isa 1:2
    73%

    2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

    6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 8:5
    73%

    5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 22:17
    73%

    17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

  • Job 34:2
    72%

    2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

    12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

  • Prov 23:24
    72%

    24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

  • Ps 78:1
    72%

    1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

  • Eph 6:1
    72%

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

  • Prov 4:7
    72%

    7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

  • Heb 12:5
    72%

    5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

  • Prov 29:17
    72%

    17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.