Proverbs 4:2
What I am teaching you is good, so do not turn away from it.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
In Context
3When I was a young boy, loved by my mother,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2I wish/desire that my teaching will fall on you like rain drops or be like dew on the ground, and be like a gentle rain on the young plants, like showers on the grass.
2 Chronicles 7:19“But if you Israelis turn away from me and disobey the decrees and commands that I have given to you, and you start to worship other gods,
Job 33:3I know that I am speaking honestly and that I am speaking [MTY] sincerely.
Psalms 89:30But, if some of his descendants disobey my laws, and do not not behave like my commands say that they should,
Proverbs 8:8Everything that I say is honest; there is nothing that I say that deceives people.
John 7:16Jesus replied to them, “What I teach does not come from myself. It comes from God, the one who sent me.
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 →