Proverbs 4:2
I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 that you may know prudence.
3For I also was my father's son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my speech distil as the dew, as a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass.
2 Chronicles 7:19But if you turn away, and forsake my justices, and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve strange gods, and adore them,
Job 33:3My words are from my upright heart, and my lips shall speak a pure sentence.
Psalms 89:30And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.
Proverbs 8:8All my words are just, there is nothing wicked nor perverse in them.
John 7:16Jesus answered them, and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that 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 →