Proverbs

Proverbs 4:20–22

20My son, pay attention to my words;

incline your ear to my sayings.

21Do not lose sight of them;

keep them within your heart.

22For they are life to those who find them,

and health to the whole body.

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Proverbs 4:20

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
My sonבְּ֭נִיbə·nîNoun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH1121 son
pay attentionהַקְשִׁ֑יבָהhaq·šî·ḇāhVerb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singularH7181 incline, attend
to my wordsלִדְבָרַ֣יliḏ·ḇā·rayPreposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singularH1697 speech, word
inclineהַט־haṭ-Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singularH5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
your earאָזְנֶֽךָ׃’ā·zə·ne·ḵāNoun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singularH241 ear
to my sayingsלַ֝אֲמָרַ֗יla·’ă·mā·rayPreposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singularH561 something said

Proverbs 4:21

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Do notאַל־’al-AdverbH408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
loseיַלִּ֥יזוּyal·lî·zūVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralH3868 turn aside, depart
sight of themמֵעֵינֶ֑יךָmê·‘ê·ne·ḵāPreposition-m; Noun - cdc; second person masculine singularH5869 eye
keep themשָׁ֝מְרֵ֗םšā·mə·rēmVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person masculine pluralH8104 keep, watch, preserve
withinבְּת֣וֹךְbə·ṯō·wḵPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular constructH8432 midst
your heartלְבָבֶֽךָ׃lə·ḇā·ḇe·ḵāNoun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH3824 inner man, mind, will, heart

Proverbs 4:22

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Forכִּֽי־kî-ConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
theyהֵ֭םhêmPronoun - third person masculine pluralH1992 they, them
are lifeחַיִּ֣יםḥay·yîmNoun - masculine pluralH2416 alive, living
to those who find themלְמֹצְאֵיהֶ֑םlə·mō·ṣə·’ê·hemPreposition-l; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person masculine pluralH4672 attain to, find
and healthמַרְפֵּֽא׃mar·pêNoun - masculine singularH4832 healing, cure, health
to the wholeוּֽלְכָל־ū·lə·ḵāl-Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
bodyבְּשָׂר֥וֹbə·śā·rōwNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH1320 flesh

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 4:20 Proverbs 5:1 · Isaiah 55:3 · Proverbs 6:20–21 · Proverbs 7:1 · Psalm 78:1 · Psalm 90:12 · Matthew 17:5

Proverbs 4:21 Proverbs 3:21 · Proverbs 3:3 · Proverbs 7:1–2 · Psalm 40:8 · Proverbs 2:1

Proverbs 4:22 Proverbs 12:18 · Jeremiah 33:6 · Proverbs 4:10 · Proverbs 3:8 · Proverbs 4:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.