Proverbs 4:2
For I give you a good gift; forsake you⌃ not my law.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
In Context
1Hear, you⌃ children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
3For I also was a son obedient to my father, and loved in the sight of my mother:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2Let my speech be looked for as the rain, and my words come down as dew, as the shower upon the herbage, and as snow upon the grass.
2 Chronicles 7:19But if you⌃ should turn away, and forsake my ordinances and my commandments, which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them;
Job 33:3My heart shall be found pure by my words; and the understanding of my lips shall meditate purity.
Proverbs 8:8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse.
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 →