Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom is supreme. 2 Get wisdom. 2 Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. 1

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In The King James Version

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

In Context

6Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. 2 'Ahav ·Affectionately love· her, and she will keep you. 1

8Esteem her, and she will exalt you. 2 She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 119:104מ ( Mipikudeyka, From your precepts) Through your precepts, I get understanding; 2 therefore I hate every false way. NUN נ 1

Proverbs 16:16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! 2 Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. 1

Proverbs 23:23Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. 2 Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. 1

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 →

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