Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 4:20 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.”
Proverbs 4:20
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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}
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