King James Version
Proverbs 4:1 in the King James Version says “Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.”
Proverbs 4:1 · KJV
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“ye children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“the instruction”
H4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
“to know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
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