KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 4:20–21
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Proverbs 4:20
20¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
20¶ My sonne, attend to my words, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.
Proverbs 4:21
21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
21Let them not depart from thine eyes: keepe them in the midst of thine heart.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 4:20
To give heed or attention; to be present; to wait upon or accompany.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Lean unto, or towards.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
The organ of hearing; also, the seed-bearing head of grain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Proverbs 4:21
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To leave; to deviate from; to forsake; not to adhere to or follow. To leave; to forsake; to abandon.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, judgment, or presence, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
To hold, preserve, guard, observe, maintain, restrain, or continue, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The middle or central part; the position among or surrounded by others.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · KJV usage (PCE)
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 20
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Open the full verse study1MY son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
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Open the full verse study3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
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Open the full verse study20¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
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Open the full verse study1MY son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
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Open the full verse study1GIVE ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
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Open the full verse study12So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
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Open the full verse study5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
From verse 21
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Open the full verse study21¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
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Open the full verse study3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
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Open the full verse study1MY son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
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Open the full verse study8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
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Open the full verse study1MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
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