Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is supreme.Get wisdom.Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
In Context
6Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you.Love her, and she will keep you.
8Esteem her, and she will exalt you.She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 1:10Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great?"
Psalms 119:104Through your precepts, I get understanding;therefore I hate every false way.NUN
Proverbs 16:16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
Proverbs 23:23Buy the truth, and do not sell it.Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
Ecclesiastes 4:8There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.
Ecclesiastes 9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words 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 →