Proverbs 4:20

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

ASV

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

LSV

My son, give attention to my words, || Incline your ear to my sayings,

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

My son, attend to my speech; and apply thine ear to my words:

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Original-language editions

WLC

בְּ֭נִי לִדְבָרַ֣י הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה לַ֝אֲמָרַ֗י הַט־אָזְנֶֽךָ׃

LXX-Br

Υἱὲ ἐμῇ ῥήσει πρόσεχε, τοῖς δὲ ἐμοῖς λόγοις παράβαλλε σὸν οὖς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
• Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
• Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
• Proverbs 6:20–21My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
• Psalms 78:1Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
• Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
• Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

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