Proverbs 4:1
Listen, sons, to a father's instruction, 1 and pay attention so you will know what understanding is. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
In Context
2I am giving you good instructions; 1 do not forsake my teaching. 1
Cross References
Psalms 34:11Come, sons, listen to me. 1 I will teach you the fear of Yahweh. 1
Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of your father 1 and do not lay aside the rules of your mother; 1
Proverbs 2:3If you cry out for understanding 1 and raise your voice for it, 1
Proverbs 6:20My son, obey the command of your father 1 and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. 1
Proverbs 8:32Now, my sons, listen to me, 1 for those who keep my ways will be blessed. 1
Proverbs 19:20Listen to advice and accept instruction, 1 so you may become wise by the end of your life. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:1
When the things of God are to be taught precept must be upon precept, and line upon line, not only because the things themselves are of great worth and weight, but because men's minds, at the best, are unapt to admit them and commonly prejudiced against them; and therefore Solomon, in this chapter, with a great variety of expression and a pleasant powerful flood of divine eloquence, inculcates the same things that he had pressed upon us in the foregoing chapters. Here is, I. An earnest exhortation to the study of… Read the whole commentary →