Proverbs 5:7
New International Version
7 Now then, my sons, listen(A) to me;
do not turn aside from what I say.
Proverbs 5:7
King James Version
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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Proverbs 4:1
New International Version
Get Wisdom at Any Cost
Proverbs 4:1
King James Version
4 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
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Hebrews 12:25
New International Version
25 See to it that you do not refuse(A) him who speaks.(B) If they did not escape when they refused him who warned(C) them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?(D)
Hebrews 12:25
King James Version
25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
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Proverbs 22:17-21
New International Version
Thirty Sayings of the Wise
Saying 1
17 Pay attention(A) and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;(B)
apply your heart to what I teach,(C)
18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
and have all of them ready on your lips.
19 So that your trust may be in the Lord,
I teach you today, even you.
20 Have I not written thirty sayings for you,
sayings of counsel and knowledge,
21 teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,(D)
so that you bring back truthful reports
to those you serve?
Proverbs 22:17-21
King James Version
17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
19 That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
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Proverbs 7:24
New International Version
24 Now then, my sons, listen(A) to me;
pay attention to what I say.
Proverbs 7:24
King James Version
24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
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Proverbs 4:21
New International Version
21 Do not let them out of your sight,(A)
keep them within your heart;
Proverbs 4:21
King James Version
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
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Proverbs 3:21
New International Version
Proverbs 3:21
King James Version
21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
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Proverbs 8:32-36
New International Version
32 “Now then, my children, listen(A) to me;
blessed are(B) those who keep my ways.(C)
33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;
do not disregard it.
34 Blessed are those who listen(D) to me,
watching daily at my doors,
waiting at my doorway.
35 For those who find me(E) find life(F)
and receive favor from the Lord.(G)
36 But those who fail to find me harm themselves;(H)
all who hate me love death.”(I)
Proverbs 8:32-36
King James Version
32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.
36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
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