Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
Holman Bible
listen closely
International Standard Version
My son, pay attention to my wisdom, and listen closely to my insight,
A Conservative Version
My son, attend to my wisdom. Incline thine ear to my understanding,
American Standard Version
My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:
Amplified
Incline your ear to my understanding;
Darby Translation
My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;
Julia Smith Translation
My son, attend to my wisdom; incline thine ear to understanding:
King James 2000
My son, be attentive to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my understanding:
Lexham Expanded Bible
My child, be attentive to my wisdom, and to my understanding incline your ear;
Modern King James verseion
My son, listen to my wisdom; bow your ear to my understanding;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My son, give heed unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my prudence:
NET Bible
My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,
New Heart English Bible
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:
The Emphasized Bible
My son, to my wisdom, attend, and, to mine understanding, incline thou thine ear:
Webster
My son, attend to my wisdom, and bow thy ear to my understanding:
World English Bible
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:
Youngs Literal Translation
My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,
Themes
Disobedience » The reward for being disobedient to your instructors
ears » Should » Be bowed down to instructions
Interlinear
Qashab
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 5:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Avoid Seduction
1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching: 2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:20
My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.
Proverbs 22:17
Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.
Proverbs 2:1
My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;
Proverbs 4:1
Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:
Matthew 3:9
And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.
Mark 4:23
If any man has ears, let him give ear.
James 1:19
You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;
Revelation 2:7
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the fruit of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
Revelation 2:11
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not come under the power of the second death.
Revelation 2:17
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given.
Revelation 2:29
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.
Revelation 3:6
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.
Revelation 3:13
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.
Revelation 3:22
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.