Proverbs 4:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 4:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 4:3 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 4:3 — KJV
“For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.”
— Proverbs 4:3 (KJV)
Proverbs 4:3 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 4:3
“And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 4:3: father, son, sight
“And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 4:3: son, only, mother
“And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 4:3: father, sight, mother
“But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 4:3: father, son, mother
“If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 4:3: father, son, mother
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