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Proverbs 4:1 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 4 · verse 1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.Proverbs 4:1 · King James Version
Proverbs 4:1 in context
1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
3For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
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Key words (Strong's)
- instructionmûwçârproperly, chastisementH4148 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- attendqâshabto prick up the earsH7181 →
- Hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- knowyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
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Here we have, I. The invitation which Solomon gives to his children to come and receive instruction from him (Pro 4:1, Pro 4:2): Hear, you children, the instruction of a father. That is, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13