Proverbs 4:2
For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
In Context
1Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:
3For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2My teaching is dropping like rain, coming down like dew on the fields; like rain on the young grass and showers on the garden plants:
2 Chronicles 7:19But if you are turned away from me, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods, giving them worship:
Job 33:3My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.
Psalms 89:30\89:29\His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
Proverbs 8:8All the words of my mouth are righteousness; there is nothing false or twisted in them.
John 7:16Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.
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 →