Proverbs 4:1 Cross References - ACV

¹ Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

¹¹ Come, ye children, hearken to me. I will teach you the fear of LORD.

⁸ My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

¹ My son, if thou will receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee, ² so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding, ³ yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding, ⁴ if thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures, ⁵ then thou shall understand the fear of LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

¹ My son, attend to my wisdom. Incline thine ear to my understanding,

²⁰ My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother. ²¹ Bind them continually upon thy heart. Tie them about thy neck. ²² When thou walk, it shall lead thee. When thou sleep, it shall watch over thee. And when thou awake, it shall talk with thee. ²³ For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

⁴ Say to wisdom, Thou are my sister, and call understanding thy kinswoman,

³² Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me. For blessed are those who keep my ways. ³³ Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it. ³⁴ Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. ³⁵ For he who finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor of LORD. ³⁶ But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.

²⁰ Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou may be wise in thy latter end.

¹⁷ Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.

¹¹ just as ye know, as each one of you as a father of his own children, imploring you, and comforting, ¹² and solemnly declaring for you to walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

¹ Because of this we ought to give more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest we might slip away.