Proverbs 4:2
for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law.
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In The King James Version
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
In Context
1Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
3For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.
2 Chronicles 7:19But if you turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
Job 33:3My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
Psalms 89:30If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;
Proverbs 8:8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
John 7:16Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his 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 →