Proverbs 4:1
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
BSB
ASV
Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
KJV
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
The words “ye children” indicate as usual a new section returning, after the break of Pro 3:27-35, to the old strain of fatherly counsel.
We have reason to think that thousands have got more good by Solomon's proverbs than his own son did, to whom they seem to have been dedicated. Let all young people, in the days of their childhood and youth, take pains to get knowledge and grace, for that is their learning age, and then their minds are formed and seasoned.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
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But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
Through
Psalms 34:11Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
Through
Proverbs 5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
leads to
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
