Proverbs 4:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Psalms 34:11
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Proverbs 22:17
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Proverbs 5:1
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-13)

Here we have, I. The invitation which Solomon gives to his children to come and receive instruction from him (Prov. 4:1, 2): Hear, you children, the instruction of a father. That is, 1. “Let my own children, in the first place, receive and give good heed to those instructions which I set down for the use of others also.” Note, Magistrates and ministers, who are entrusted with the direction of larg…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Pr 4:1-27. To an earnest call for attention to his teachings, the writer adds a commendation of wisdom, preceded and enforced by the counsels of his father and teacher. To this he adds a caution (against the devices of the wicked), and a series of exhortations to docility, integrity, and uprightness. 1-2. (Compare Pr 1:8). to know--in order to know. doctrine--the matter of learning (Pr 1:5), such…