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.