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Proverbs 4:10

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Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
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  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:13Rank 1 from verse 10
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    13For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

  2. Proverbs 3:2Rank 2 from verse 10
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    2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

  3. Deuteronomy 6:2Rank 3 from verse 10
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    2That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

  4. Jeremiah 9:20Rank 4 from verse 10
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    20Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.

  5. Proverbs 3:16Rank 5 from verse 10
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    16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

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Proverbs 4:10

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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9She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

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11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

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