Proverbs 4:20
My son, pay attention to what I am saying. Listen to my words carefully.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
In Context
21Keep them close to you; let them penetrate your inner being,
Cross References
Psalms 78:1My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; pay careful attention [IDM] to what I say.
Proverbs 5:1My son, listen carefully to some more wise things that I will tell you. Listen well to what I am going to teach you.
Proverbs 7:1My son, heed my advice, and guard my instructions as you would [MET] guard a treasure.
Isaiah 55:3Listen to me and come to me; pay attention to me, and if you do that, you will have new life in your souls. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever to faithfully love you like I loved King 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 →