Mishle 4:20

20 Beni (my son), attend to my words; incline thine ozen unto my sayings.

Mishle 4:20 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 4:20

My son, attend to my words
Which go before and which follow after, his doctrines, instructions, cautions, and exhortations; incline thine ear unto my sayings;
stoop and bow the ear; listen attentively to what is said, as being of the greatest moment and importance.

Mishle 4:20 In-Context

18 But the orach tzaddikim (path of the righteous) is as the bright light, that shineth brighter and brighter unto the full day.

19 The derech resha’im is as deep darkness; they know not at what they stumble.

20 Beni (my son), attend to my words; incline thine ozen unto my sayings.

21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; be shomer over them within thine lev.

22 For they are chayyim unto those that find them, and health to all their basar.