Proverbs 4:7
Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
In Context
6Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.
8Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 1:10Giue me now wisdome and knowledge, that I may go out and go in before this people: for who can iudge this thy great people?
Psalms 119:104By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode.
Proverbs 16:16Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.
Proverbs 23:23Bye the trueth, but sell it not: likewise wisdome, and instruction, and vnderstanding.
Ecclesiastes 4:8There is one alone, and there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.
Ecclesiastes 9:16Then said I, Better is wisdome then strength: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard.
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 →