Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. New Living Translation My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words. English Standard Version My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Berean Standard Bible My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. King James Bible My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. New King James Version My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. New American Standard Bible My son, pay attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. NASB 1995 My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. NASB 1977 My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Legacy Standard Bible My son, pay attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Amplified Bible My son, pay attention to my words and be willing to learn; Open your ears to my sayings. Christian Standard Bible My son, pay attention to my words; listen closely to my sayings. Holman Christian Standard Bible My son, pay attention to my words; listen closely to my sayings. American Standard Version My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings. Aramaic Bible in Plain English My son, give ear to my words and incline your ear to my speech. Brenton Septuagint Translation My son, attend to my speech; and apply thine ear to my words: Contemporary English Version My child, listen carefully to everything I say. Douay-Rheims Bible My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings. English Revised Version My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. GOD'S WORD® Translation My son, pay attention to my words. Open your ears to what I say. Good News Translation My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen to my words. International Standard Version My son, pay attention to my words, and listen closely to what I say. JPS Tanakh 1917 My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings. Literal Standard Version My son, give attention to my words, | Incline your ear to my sayings, Majority Standard Bible My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. New American Bible My son, to my words be attentive, to my sayings incline your ear; NET Bible My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings. New Revised Standard Version My child, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. New Heart English Bible My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. Webster's Bible Translation My son, attend to my words; incline thy ear to my sayings. World English Bible My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. Young's Literal Translation My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Father's Instruction…19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble. 20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.… Cross References Proverbs 2:2 if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, Proverbs 5:1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight, Treasury of Scripture My son, attend to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Proverbs 5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: Proverbs 6:20,21 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: … Proverbs 7:1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Jump to Previous Attend Attention Attentive Closely Ear Incline Pay Sayings Turn Turned WordsJump to Next Attend Attention Attentive Closely Ear Incline Pay Sayings Turn Turned WordsProverbs 4 1. persuades to wisdom14. and to show wickedness 20. He exhorts to sanctification Verse 20. - The teacher here resumes his admonitions after thus citing the example of his father's teaching, and showing how it resembled the tenor of his own precepts, which, upon such a consideration, were most worthy of attention. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew My son,בְּ֭נִי (bə·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1121: A son pay attention הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה (haq·šî·ḇāh) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 7181: To prick up the ears, hearken to my words; לִדְבָרַ֣י (liḏ·ḇā·ray) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause incline הַט־ (haṭ-) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend your ear אָזְנֶֽךָ׃ (’ā·zə·ne·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear to my sayings. לַ֝אֲמָרַ֗י (la·’ă·mā·ray) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 561: Something said Links Proverbs 4:20 NIVProverbs 4:20 NLT Proverbs 4:20 ESV Proverbs 4:20 NASB Proverbs 4:20 KJV Proverbs 4:20 BibleApps.com Proverbs 4:20 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 4:20 Chinese Bible Proverbs 4:20 French Bible Proverbs 4:20 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 4:20 My son attend to my words (Prov. 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