Proverbs 4:2
for I give you sound learning.Do not forsake my law.
New Heart English Bible
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 shall drop as the rain.My speech shall condense as the dew,as the small 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 shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
Job 33:3My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart.That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.
Psalms 89:30If his children forsake my Law,and do not 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 →