Proverbs 4:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Listen, you children, to the instruction of a father, and pay attention to gain understanding.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 1:8 : 8 My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;
  • Ps 34:11 : 11 Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
  • 1 Thess 2:11-12 : 11 As you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his children, 12 That you would walk worthy of God, who has called you to His kingdom and glory.
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore we ought to give 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 you will receive my words and hide my commandments with you; 2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; 3 Yes, if you cry out for knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding; 4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; 5 Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
  • Prov 5:1 : 1 My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my understanding:
  • Prov 6:20-23 : 20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake the law of your mother: 21 Bind them continually upon your heart, and tie them around your neck. 22 When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you. 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 to wisdom, You are my sister, and call understanding your kinswoman.
  • Prov 8:32-36 : 32 Now therefore listen to me, O children, for blessed are those who keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it. 34 Blessed is the one who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. 35 For whoever finds me finds life and will obtain favor from the LORD. 36 But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.
  • Prov 19:20 : 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to 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 fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

    8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Prov 5:1
    84%

    1My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my understanding:

  • Prov 4:2-5
    4 verses
    83%

    2For I give you good teaching, do not forsake my law.

    3For I was my father's son, tender and dearly loved in the sight of my mother.

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

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

  • Prov 4:20
    81%

    20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

  • Prov 7:24
    81%

    24Therefore listen to me now, O children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 5:7
    79%

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

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1My son, if you will receive my words and hide my commandments with you;

    2So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

  • Prov 4:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

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

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

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    78%

    32Now therefore listen to me, O children, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

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

  • Prov 13:1
    77%

    1A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

  • Prov 3:1
    77%

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

  • Ps 34:11
    76%

    11Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

  • Prov 23:12
    76%

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

  • Eph 6:4
    76%

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

  • Prov 19:27
    76%

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

  • Prov 23:19
    75%

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

  • Prov 1:2-5
    4 verses
    75%

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

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

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

    5A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;

  • Gen 27:8
    75%

    8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you.

  • Prov 23:26
    75%

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

  • Prov 6:20
    75%

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

  • Prov 7:1
    75%

    1My son, keep my words and store up my commandments with you.

  • Jer 3:4
    74%

    4Will you not from this time call to me, My Father, you are the guide of my youth?

  • Job 34:16
    73%

    16If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 23:22
    73%

    22Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • Deut 4:10
    73%

    10Especially the day that you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, Gather 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%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Isa 1:2
    73%

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

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

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

  • Prov 8:5
    73%

    5O simple ones, understand wisdom; and you fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 22:17
    73%

    17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.

  • Job 34:2
    72%

    2Hear my words, O you wise men; and listen to me, you who have knowledge.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; nor be weary of his correction:

    12For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.

  • Prov 23:24
    72%

    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child shall have joy of him.

  • Ps 78:1
    72%

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

  • Eph 6:1
    72%

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

  • Prov 4:7
    72%

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

  • Heb 12:5
    72%

    5And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children, "My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by him:

  • Prov 29:17
    72%

    17Correct your son, and he will give you rest; yes, he will give delight to your soul.