Proverbs 5:1

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,”

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Read Proverbs 5:1 in the flow of Proverbs5 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs5 to see the surrounding context.

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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 Domain
ASVPD

“My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 5:1 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
  2. Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
  3. Proverbs 4:20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
  4. Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
  5. Proverbs 7:7I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
  6. Proverbs 22:17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
  7. 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.
  8. Mark 4:23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
  9. James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Revelation 2:29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
  14. Revelation 3:6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
  15. Revelation 3:13He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
  16. 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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