Proverbs 4:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.
בְּ֭נִי לִדְבָרַ֣י הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה לַ֝אֲמָרַ֗י הַט־אָזְנֶֽךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 5:1My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence,
- Isa 55:3Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.
- Prov 7:1My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son,
- Prov 6:20My son, keep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
- Prov 6:21Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.
- Ps 78 (77):1
- Ps 90 (89):12
- Matt 17:5And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.