Proverbs 4:2

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Proverbs 4:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

2 For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.

3 When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,

4 he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 8:6

Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.

Proverbs 8:7

For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

Proverbs 8:8

All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.

Proverbs 8:9

They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.

Proverbs 22:20

Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

Proverbs 22:21

to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?

Deuteronomy 32:2

Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

Job 33:3

My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.

Psalms 49:1

Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,

Psalms 49:2

both low and high, rich and poor alike.

Psalms 49:3

My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.

John 7:16

“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.

John 7:17

If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

1 Timothy 4:6

By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and sound instruction that you have followed.

Titus 1:9

He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.

1 Chronicles 28:9

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

2 Chronicles 7:19

But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

Psalms 89:30

If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,

Psalms 89:31

if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

Psalms 89:32

I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.