Proverbs 4:2
for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
In Context
1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
3For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as rain, My speech flow down as dew, As small rain upon the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.
2 Chronicles 7:19But if ye turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them;
Job 33:3My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge purely.
Psalms 89:30If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
Proverbs 8:8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous or perverse in them.
John 7:16Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but [that] of him that has 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 →