Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
In Context
4He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
6Don’t forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
Cross References
Job 23:11My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away.
Psalms 119:51The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
Proverbs 1:22“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:13Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
Proverbs 16:16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
Proverbs 18:1A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgement.
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 →