💡WEB · Proverbs 4:20
What does Proverbs 4:20 mean?
"My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings."
— Proverbs 4:20 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.
For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
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