Proverbs 5:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,”
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BSBPD
“My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 5:1 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
- Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
- Proverbs 4:20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
- Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
- Proverbs 7:7I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
- Proverbs 22:17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
- Matthew 3:9And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
- Mark 4:23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- Revelation 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
- Revelation 2:11He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
- Revelation 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
- Revelation 2:29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- Revelation 3:6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- Revelation 3:13He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- Revelation 3:22He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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