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Proverbs 4

Prov. 4:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For I was my father’s
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, tender
rak (Hebrew #7390)
tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
KJV usage: faint((-hearted), soft, tender ((-hearted), one), weak.
Pronounce: rak
Origin: from 7401
k and only
yachiyd (Hebrew #3173)
properly, united, i.e. sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; (feminine) the life (as not to be replaced)
KJV usage: darling, desolate, only (child, son), solitary.
Pronounce: yaw-kheed'
Origin: from 3161
beloved in the sight
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
of my mother
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
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1 Chron. 29:1• 1And king David said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, the one whom God has chosen, is young and tender, and the work is great; for this palace is not to be for man, but for Jehovah Elohim. (1 Chron. 29:1)

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Ministry on This Verse

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2 Sam. 12:24‑25• 24And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her; and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon; and Jehovah loved him.
 25And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah's sake. (2 Sam. 12:24‑25)
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1 Kings 1:13‑17• 13Go and get thee in to king David, and say to him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear to thy handmaid saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?
 14Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee and confirm thy words.
 15And Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber; and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered to the king.
 16And Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
 17And she said to him, My lord, thou hast sworn by Jehovah thy God to thy handmaid, saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne. (1 Kings 1:13‑17)
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1 Chron. 3:5• 5And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel; (1 Chron. 3:5)
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1 Chron. 22:5• 5For David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Jehovah must be exceeding great in fame and in beauty in all lands: I will therefore make preparation for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death. (1 Chron. 22:5)
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1 Chron. 29:1• 1And king David said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, the one whom God has chosen, is young and tender, and the work is great; for this palace is not to be for man, but for Jehovah Elohim. (1 Chron. 29:1)
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Jer. 10:23• 23I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps. (Jer. 10:23)
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Rom. 12:16• 16Have the same respect one for another, not minding high things, but going along with the lowly: be not wise in your own eyes: (Rom. 12:16)
• It is only necessary to read the unhappy history of his half-brother Adonijah, whose father had never displeased him in saying, “Why hast thou done so?” to realize how much Solomon was indebted to his mother’s counsel and his father’s instruction. The value of parental discipline cannot be overestimated. (“Proverbs Four” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.