Proverbs 4:5
Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
In Context
6Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.
Cross References
Job 23:11My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.
Psalms 119:51The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision: yet haue I not declined from thy Lawe.
Proverbs 1:22O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
Proverbs 16:16Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.
Proverbs 18:1For the desire thereof hee will separate himselfe to seeke it, and occupie himselfe in all wisdome.
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 →