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Proverbs 5:1

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

KJV

Fili mi, attende ad sapientiam meam, et prudentiæ meæ inclina aurem tuam :

Vulgate

Υἱέ, ἐμῇ σοφίᾳ πρόσεχε, ἐμοῖς δὲ λόγοις παράβαλλε σὸν οὖς,

LXX

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

ASV

בְּ֭נִ/י לְ/חָכְמָתִ֣/י הַקְשִׁ֑יבָ/ה לִ֝/תְבוּנָתִ֗/י הַט אָזְנֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָזְנֵ֣י
'zny
noun · 188×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ה
h
verb · 46×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
תְּבוּנָֽה
tbvnh
noun · 43×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 2:11 — As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
  • Jas 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • Job 33:33 — If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
  • Mark 4:23 — If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
  • Prov 1:8 — My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
  • Prov 2:1 — My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
  • Prov 4:1 — Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
  • Prov 4:1 — Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
  • Prov 4:20 — My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
  • Prov 4:20 — My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
  • Prov 8:33 — Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
  • Prov 22:17 — Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
  • Prov 23:12 — Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
  • Rev 2:11 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
  • Rev 2:17 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name w
  • Rev 3:13 — He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.