Proverbs 4:7
The first thing [is] wisdom — get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.
Young's Literal Translation
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 she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.
8Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 1:10now, wisdom and knowledge give to me, and I go out before this people, and I come in, for who doth judge this Thy great people?'
Psalms 119:104From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
Proverbs 16:16To get wisdom — how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!
Proverbs 23:23Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,
Ecclesiastes 4:8There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and [he saith not], 'For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.
Ecclesiastes 9:16And I said, 'Better [is] wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor 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 →