Proverbs 4:20 {21}
Good News Translation
My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen to my words.

New Revised Standard Version
My child, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

Contemporary English Version
My child, listen carefully to everything I say.

New American Bible
My son, to my words be attentive, to my sayings incline your ear;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let them not depart from thy eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Let them not depart from thy eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart:

Proverbs 5:1 That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.

Proverbs 6:20,21 Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck. . . .

Proverbs 7:1 Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye:

Psalm 78:1 Understanding for Asaph. Attend, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

Psalm 90:12 Can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.

Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.

Matthew 17:5 And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.

Context
A Father's Instruction
19My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings. 20Let them not depart from thy eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart:21For they are life to those that find them, and health to all flesh.…
Cross References
Proverbs 2:2
For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:

Proverbs 5:1
That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.

Proverbs 4:19
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