Proverbs 4:20
My son, pay attention to my sermons, and incline your ear to my eloquent words.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
In Context
19The way of the impious is darkened. They do not know where they may fall.
21Let them not recede from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.
Cross References
Psalms 78:1A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the Gentiles have entered into your inheritance; they have polluted your holy temple. They have set Jerusalem as a place to tend fruit trees.
Proverbs 5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my prudence,
Proverbs 7:1My son, guard my words and conceal my precepts within you.
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and draw near to me. Listen, and your soul will live. And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, by the faithful mercies of David.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:15-20
Cautions against Bad Company. 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at… Read the whole commentary →