Proverbs 4:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 5:1 : 1 My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,
  • Prov 7:1 : 1 My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
  • Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me, Hear, and your soul doth live, And I make for you a covenant age-during, The kind acts of David -- that are stedfast.
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son, -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'
  • Prov 6:20-21 : 20 Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother. 21 Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.
  • Ps 78:1 : 1 An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.
  • Ps 90:12 : 12 To number our days aright let `us' know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 5:1-2
    2 verses
    86%

    1My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

    2To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,

    2To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

  • Prov 4:10-11
    2 verses
    82%

    10Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life `are' multiplied to thee.

    11In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.

  • Prov 7:24-25
    2 verses
    81%

    24And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.

    25Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

  • Prov 4:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

    2For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.

  • Prov 4:21
    80%

    21Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.

  • Prov 7:1
    80%

    1My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

  • Prov 23:26
    80%

    26Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

  • Prov 22:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

    18For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

  • Prov 5:7
    79%

    7And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

  • Prov 23:19
    79%

    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,

  • Prov 23:12
    78%

    12Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.

  • Prov 8:32-33
    2 verses
    78%

    32And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

    33Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

  • Prov 1:8
    78%

    8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

  • Prov 3:1
    77%

    1My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

  • Prov 4:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    4And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

    5Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

  • Prov 3:21
    77%

    21My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

  • Ps 78:1
    77%

    1An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.

  • Prov 1:15
    76%

    15My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

  • Prov 19:27
    75%

    27Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.

  • Prov 6:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

    21Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.

  • Prov 1:10
    74%

    10My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.

  • Gen 27:8
    74%

    8`And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee:

  • Ezek 3:10
    74%

    10And He saith unto me, `Son of man, all My words, that I speak unto thee, receive with thy heart, and with thine ears hear;

  • Job 34:16
    74%

    16And if `there is' understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

  • Isa 28:23
    74%

    23Give ear, and hear my voice, Attend, and hear my saying:

  • Job 13:17
    74%

    17Hear ye diligently my word, And my declaration with your ears.

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

    6Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

  • Prov 4:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.

    26Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways `are' established.

  • Ps 49:4
    73%

    4I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

  • Prov 4:19
    72%

    19The way of the wicked `is' as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.

  • Job 22:22
    72%

    22Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.

  • Prov 1:5
    72%

    5(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

  • Ps 5:1
    72%

    1To the Overseer, `Concerning the Inheritances.' -- A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.

  • Prov 23:15
    72%

    15My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,

  • Prov 27:11
    72%

    11Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

  • Prov 1:23
    72%

    23Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.

  • Prov 23:22
    72%

    22Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

  • Prov 13:1
    71%

    1A wise son -- the instruction of a father, And a scorner -- he hath not heard rebuke.