Proverbs 4:5
Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding: forget not, and depart not from the sayings of my mouth.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6Forsake her not, and she will watch over thee: love her, and she will keep thee.
Cross References
Job 23:11On his steps my foot hath held fast: his way have I kept, and swerved not.
Psalms 119:51The presumptuous have held me too greatly in derision: yet have I not departed away from thy law.
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners take their delight in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:13Happy the man that hath found wisdom, and the man that acquireth understanding.
Proverbs 16:16How much better is it to obtain wisdom than gold! and to obtain understanding is preferable to silver!
Proverbs 18:1He that separateth himself [from God] seeketh his own desires: at every sound wisdom is he enraged.
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 →