Proverbs 4:20
My son, give attention to my words, || Incline your ear to my sayings,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
In Context
19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, || They have not known at what they stumble.
21Do not let them turn aside from your eyes, || Preserve them in the midst of your heart.
Cross References
Psalms 78:1AN INSTRUCTION OF ASAPH. Give ear, O my people, to my law, || Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.
Proverbs 5:1My son! Give attention to my wisdom, || Incline your ear to my understanding,
Proverbs 7:1My son! Keep my sayings, || And lay up my commands with you.
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come to Me, || Hear, and your soul lives, || And I make a perpetual covenant for you, || The kind blessings of David that are steadfast.
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 →