Proverbs 4:5
and do not neglect the speech of my mouth. + 4:5 Alexandrian codex has: “Get wisdom, get understanding, forget not, nor decline from the words of my mouth.”
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to you: love it, and it shall keep you.
Cross References
Job 23:11And I will go forth according to his commandments, for I have kept his ways; and I shall not turn aside from his commandments,
Proverbs 1:22So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs.
Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence.
Proverbs 16:16The + 16:16 Or, Abodes. Comp. Heb. See Lu 13:35. brood of wisdom is more to be chosen than gold, and the brood of prudence more to be chosen than silver.
Proverbs 18:1A man who wishes to separate from friends seeks excuses; but at all times he will be liable to reproach.
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 →