Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding. Do not forget, nor decline from the words of my mouth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
In Context
4And he taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
6Do not forsake her, and she will preserve thee. Love her, and she will keep thee.
Cross References
Job 23:11My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.
Psalms 119:51The proud have had me greatly in derision, [yet] I have not swerved from thy law.
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.
Proverbs 16:16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
Proverbs 18:1He who desires to separate himself seeks excuses, and rages against all sound wisdom.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 4:2-14
Parental Instructions. 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep… Read the whole commentary →