Proverbs 4:1 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Sons, listen to your father's discipline, and pay attention in order to gain understanding.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

ASV:

Hear, my'sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

BBE:

Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

DBY:

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;

ERV:

Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding:

JPS:

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

WBS:

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

WEB:

Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

YLT:

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

Proverbs 4:1 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 34:11 Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Proverbs 1:2 To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding,

Proverbs 1:8 Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching;

Proverbs 2:2 Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a {a} father, and attend to know understanding.
(a) He speaks this as a preacher and minister which is as a father to the people, Pr 2:8.

WES:

4:1 A father - Of me, who have paternal authority over you and affection for you.

MHC:

4:1-13 We must look upon our teachers as our fathers: though instruction carry in it reproof and correction, bid it welcome. Solomon's parents loved him, therefore taught him. Wise and godly men, in every age of the world, and rank in society, agree that true wisdom consists in obedience, and is united to happiness. Get wisdom, take pains for it. Get the rule over thy corruptions; take more pains to get this than the wealth of this world. An interest in Christ's salvation is necessary. This wisdom is the one thing needful. A soul without true wisdom and grace is a dead soul. How poor, contemptible, and wretched are those, who, with all their wealth and power, die without getting understanding, without Christ, without hope, and without God! Let us give heed to the sayings of Him who has the words of eternal life. Thus our path will be plain before us: by taking, and keeping fast hold of instruction, we shall avoid being straitened or stumbling.

CONC:

Attend Attention Attentive Ear Father's Gain Insight Instruction Intelligence Listen O Pay Sons Teaching Understanding

Attend Attention Attentive Children Ear Father's Gain Hear Insight Instruction Intelligence Pay Teaching Understanding

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