Proverbs 4:2
For, good teaching, have I given you, mine instruction, do not ye forsake.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
In Context
1Hear, ye sons, the correction of a father, and attend, that ye may know understanding.
3For, a son, became I to my father, tender and most precious in the sight of my mother.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2Let my teaching drop as the rain, Let my speech distil as the dew,—As copious rains on tender grass, As myriad drops on seeding plants.
2 Chronicles 7:19But, if, ye yourselves, shall turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you,—and shall go and serve other gods, and bow down to them,
Job 33:3Mine utterances come straight from mine own heart, and, what I know, my lips have truly spoken;
Psalms 89:30If his sons forsake my law, And, in my regulations, do not walk;
Proverbs 8:8In righteousness, shall be all the sayings of my mouth, nothing therein, shall be crafty or perverse;
John 7:16Jesus, therefore, answered them, and said—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 →