Proverbs 4:20

20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my words.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 4:20 In-Context

18 But the path of the just is as the light of the morning star, that shines more and more until the day is perfect.

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness; they do not know in what they stumble.

20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my words.

21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

22 For they are life unto those that find them and medicine to all their flesh.