Proverbs 4:2
For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
In Context
1Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.
3For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as the raine, and my speach shall stil as the dew, as the showre vpon the herbes, and as the great raine vpon the grasse.
2 Chronicles 7:19But if ye turne away, and forsake my statutes and my commandements which I haue set before you, and shall goe and serue other gods, and worshippe them,
Job 33:3My words are in the vprightnesse of mine heart, and my lippes shall speake pure knowledge.
Psalms 89:30But if his children forsake my Lawe, and walke not in my iudgements:
Proverbs 8:8All the wordes of my mouth are righteous: there is no lewdenes, nor frowardnesse in them.
John 7:16Iesus answered them, and saide, My doctrine is not mine, but his that 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 →