Proverbs 4:20
¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
¶ My sonne, attend to my words, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.
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- Proverbs 5:1Rank 1 from verse 20
- Isaiah 55:3Rank 2 from verse 20
3Incline 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.
3*Incline your eare, and come vnto me: heare, and your soule shall liue, and I will make an euerlasting couenant with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid.
- Proverbs 6:20–21Rank 3 from verse 20
20¶ 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.
20¶ *My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
21Binde them continually vpon thine heart, and tie them about thy necke.
- Proverbs 7:1Rank 4 from verse 20
- Psalms 78:1Rank 5 from verse 20
- Psalms 90:12Rank 6 from verse 20
- Matthew 17:5Rank 7 from verse 20
5While 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.
5*While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud ouershadowed them: and behold a voyce out of the cloude, which saide, This is my beloued sonne, in whom I am well pleased: heare ye him.
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Proverbs 4:20
1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.
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1. To give heed, listen, or direct attention toward. 2. To wait upon, serve, or devote oneself to.
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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
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To bend, bow, turn, tend, or direct toward; to direct one's attention or desire.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604
Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.
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4:20¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
4:20¶ My sonne, attend to my words, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.
Selected passage4:21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
4:21Let them not depart from thine eyes: keepe them in the midst of thine heart.
4:22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
4:22†For they are life vnto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.