King James Version
Proverbs 4:20 in the King James Version says “My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.”
Proverbs 4:20 · KJV
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. health: Heb. medicine
KJV Study — Public Domain
“My son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“to my words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“incline”
H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
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