Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding, || Do not forget, nor turn away || From the sayings of my mouth.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6Do not forsake her, and she preserves you, || Love her, and she keeps you.
Cross References
Job 23:11My foot has laid hold on His step, || I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
Psalms 119:51The proud have utterly scorned me, || I have not turned aside from Your law.
Proverbs 1:22“Until when, you simple, do you love simplicity? And have scorners desired their scorning? And do fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:13O the blessedness of a man [who] has found wisdom, || And of a man [who] brings forth understanding.
Proverbs 16:16To get wisdom—how much better than gold, || And to get understanding—to be chosen [more] than silver!
Proverbs 18:1He who is separated seeks [his own] desire, || He interferes with all wisdom.
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 →