Proverbs 7:24
¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
¶ Hearken vnto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
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- Proverbs 4:1Rank 2 from verse 24
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1MY little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
1¶ My little children, these things write I vnto you, that ye sinne not. And if any man sinne, we haue an Aduocate with the Father, Iesus Christ the righteous:
- Galatians 4:19Rank 4 from verse 24
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14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloued sonnes I warne you.
15For though you haue ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet haue yee not many fathers: For in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel.
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Proverbs 7:24
1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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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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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.
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7:23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
7:23Til a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
7:24¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
7:24¶ Hearken vnto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Selected passage7:25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
7:25Let not thine heart decline to her wayes, goe not astray in her paths.