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Proverbs 4:2
2for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
Proverbs 4:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
- New International Version (NIV)I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law.
Context of Proverbs 4:2
1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence; for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law. 3For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother. 4And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
Read all of Proverbs 4Proverbs 4:2 word by word
כִּ֤י לֶ֣קַח ט֭וֹב נָתַ֣תִּי לָכֶ֑ם תּֽ֝וֹרָתִ֗י אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 4:2
- Proverbs 8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
- Proverbs 22:20Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,
- Deuteronomy 32:2My doctrine shall drop as rain, My speech flow down as dew, As small rain upon the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.
- Job 33:3My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge purely.
- Psalms 49:1Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world:
- John 7:16Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but [that] of him that has sent me.
- 1 Timothy 4:6Laying these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and of the good teaching which thou hast fully followed up.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever.
- 2 Chronicles 7:19But if ye turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them;
- Psalms 89:30If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
Commentaries on Proverbs 4:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Doctrine - Knowledge orally given and received.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Wise people handle life's challenges well because they follow good advice.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271-2. (Compare Pr 1:8). to know--in order to know. doctrine--the matter of learning (Pr 1:5), such as he had received (La 3:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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