Proverbs 4:2
For I give you good doctrine, 1 Forsake you not my law. 1
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
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, 1 And attend to know understanding. 1
3For I was my father’s son, 1 Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, 1 My speech shall distil as the dew, 1 As the small rain upon the tender herb, 1 And as the showers upon the grass: 1
2 Chronicles 7:19But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
Job 33:3My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: 1 And my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. 1
Psalms 89:30If his children forsake my law, 1 And walk not in my judgments; 1
Proverbs 8:8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; 1 There is nothing froward or perverse in them. 1
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 →