Proverbs 4:1
שִׁמְעוּ בָנִים מוּסַר אָב וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לָדַעַת בִּינָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
In Context
2כִּי לֶקַח טוֹב נָתַתִּי לָכֶם תּֽוֹרָתִי אַֽל ־ תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 34:11כְּפִירִים רָשׁוּ וְרָעֵבוּ וְדֹרְשֵׁי יְהוָה לֹא ־ יַחְסְרוּ כָל ־ טֽוֹב ׃
Proverbs 1:8שְׁמַע בְּנִי מוּסַר אָבִיךָ וְאַל ־ תִּטֹּשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּֽךָ ׃
Proverbs 2:3כִּי אִם לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא לַתְּבוּנָה תִּתֵּן קוֹלֶֽךָ ׃
Proverbs 6:20נְצֹר בְּנִי מִצְוַת אָבִיךָ וְאַל ־ תִּטֹּשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּֽךָ ׃
Proverbs 8:32וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ ־ לִי וְאַשְׁרֵי דְּרָכַי יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ ׃
Proverbs 19:20שְׁמַע עֵצָה וְקַבֵּל מוּסָר לְמַעַן תֶּחְכַּם בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ ׃
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 →